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5-Letter Words (79):
daddy (11 points)
Babys first word perhaps
Beatnik's father (wordplay)
The tot's pop (wordplay)
D·2+A·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
daffy (15 points)
Silly, eccentric (colloq.)
Like a toon duck (wordplay)
Bugs's buddy
D·2+A·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 15 pts
daily (9 points)
The New York Times for one
The Boston Globe, for one
The New York Times, for one
D·2+A·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dairy (9 points)
Milk plant (wordplay)
Cow palace (wordplay)
Milk products collectively
D·2+A·1+I·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
daisy (9 points)
Plant girl on tandem (wordplay)
Flowery Switchfoot song (wordplay)
Chain component perhaps
D·2+A·1+I·1+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dally (9 points)
Trifle with lady
Take ones time
'Carry on Dick' initially with team up
D·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dandy (10 points)
Beau's extremes of depravity (wordplay)
Fop; excellent (US)
Fine companion (wordplay)
D·2+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
dashy (12 points)
Ostentatious, in Oxford
Conspicuously chic
Elegantly showy
D·2+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
dauby (11 points)
Sticky having primarily used brush in 24 hours
D·2+A·1+U·1+B·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
deary (9 points)
Term akin to "honey."
Familiar form of address.
Term of affection
D·2+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
debye (11 points)
Chemistry Nobelist Peter
1936 Chemistry Nobelist Peter
D·2+E·1+B·3+Y·4+E·1 = 11 pts
decay (11 points)
Canine's woe (wordplay)
Sevendust song that rots (wordplay)
Get on with one's half-life (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
decoy (11 points)
Not-quacker (wordplay)
Lodge decoration perhaps
Undercover cop, maybe
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
decry (11 points)
Knock hard (wordplay)
Speak of in slighting way, belittle
Disparage or criticise
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
deedy (10 points)
Active Dial.
Active: Dial.
Active Dial
D·2+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
deify (12 points)
Say "You're a God" to someone (wordplay)
Say Youre a God to someone
Exalt to godhood
D·2+E·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
deity (9 points)
Odin for one
Krishna, for one
Krishna for one
D·2+E·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
delay (9 points)
Throw off schedule, say
Drag ones heels
Twitch stream issue
D·2+E·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
delly (9 points)
""A delicatessen, also DELI""
D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
deray (9 points)
Borsalino director Jacques
Black Lives Matter activist Mckesson
Activist Mckesson
D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
derby (11 points)
Bowler hat (US)
Kentucky hat (wordplay)
Competition for threeyearolds
D·2+E·1+R·1+B·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
derry (9 points)
'The London - - Air' (mus.)
Some consider Ryan Air city (wordplay)
Meaningless refrain word in old songs
D·2+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
diary (9 points)
Lock site, maybe
Book before bedtime, maybe
Book with a lock, maybe
D·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dicey (11 points)
Touch-and-go
It's not safe for old Reilly
Touch and go
D·2+I·1+C·3+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
dicky (15 points)
Sickening type of shirt (wordplay)
In precarious health - bird (wordplay)
Shirtfront of a kind
D·2+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
dicty (11 points)
Snobbish Slang.
Snobbish Slang
Snobbish: Slang.
D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
dilly (9 points)
Outstanding thing Slang
When repeated, Bud Light ad catchphrase
Something superior Slang.
D·2+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dimly (11 points)
How you might recall something
How things may be lit or remembered
In the halflight
D·2+I·1+M·3+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
dingy (10 points)
Needing bleach say
In need of bleach, perhaps
In need of bleach perhaps
D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
dinky (13 points)
Small and insignificant Slang.
Dainty (colloq.)
Small and neat
D·2+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
dippy (13 points)
Silly in an endearing way
Buggy or nutty
Off ones rocker
D·2+I·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
dirty (9 points)
Type of pool (wordplay)
A couple of days coupling (wordplay)
Don Henley's "Laundry" (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dishy (12 points)
Good-looking (informal)
Good-looking (colloq.)
Lust-inspiring, perhaps
D·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
ditsy (9 points)
Easily confused (Var.)
Like an airhead (var.)
Scatterbrained (var.)
D·2+I·1+T·1+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
ditty (9 points)
Musical box for a sailor (wordplay)
Second word of "Jack and Diane"
Kind of bag
D·2+I·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
ditzy (18 points)
In outer space (wordplay)
Like totally unfocused
In la-la land
D·2+I·1+T·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 18 pts
divvy (15 points)
Split for sharing
Share, with "up"
Split up as proceeds
D·2+I·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 15 pts
dizzy (27 points)
Likely to stumble
One of a pair of Deans
One of the Deans
D·2+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+Y·4 = 27 pts
dobby (13 points)
Harry Potter's house elf
Elf in the Harry Potter books
Harry Potters house elf
D·2+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
dodgy (11 points)
Not reliable (colloq.)
Suspicious in Surrey
Not to be believed
D·2+O·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
dogey (10 points)
Motherless calf (var.)
Motherless calf variable
Motherless calf Var.
D·2+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
doggy (11 points)
Bag opening (wordplay)
Pet, to a child
Rover to a tot
D·2+O·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
doily (9 points)
Result of tatting, perhaps
Result of tatting perhaps
Lacy, ornamental mat
D·2+O·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dolly (9 points)
Girls Christmas gift maybe
What keeps a camera rolling (wordplay)
Girl's Christmas gift, maybe
D·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
donsy (9 points)
""Unlucky, also DONSIE""
D·2+O·1+N·1+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dooly (9 points)
Closed-in sedan chair
Closedin sedan chair
D·2+O·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
doozy (18 points)
Hum-dinger
Extraordinary thing
Wild one
D·2+O·1+O·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 18 pts
dopey (11 points)
Groggy dwarf (wordplay)
Happy coworker (wordplay)
It's stupid to kill victim - run away!
D·2+O·1+P·3+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
dorky (13 points)
Foolish, in slang
Out of style
Far from cool
D·2+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
dormy (11 points)
Golf term in match play
Assured of at least a tie, in golf
Assured of at least a tie in golf
D·2+O·1+R·1+M·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
dorty (9 points)
Delicate
D·2+O·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dotty (9 points)
Slightly mad (colloq.)
Slightly off one's rocker
A bit crazy
D·2+O·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dowdy (13 points)
Not well dressed
Dull blue colour hiding feet
Poorly dressed widow dying to hide it
D·2+O·1+W·4+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
downy (12 points)
Soft, as fabric
Feather-filled, like a pillow
Soft as fabric
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
dowry (12 points)
Union jack (wordplay)
Bridal store (wordplay)
Payment outlawed in India in 1961
D·2+O·1+W·4+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
doyen (9 points)
Senior group member
Senior member of a profession
Dean of a group.
D·2+O·1+Y·4+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
doyly (12 points)
Round piece of lace (Var.)
Carte Gilbert Sullivan producer
Impresario of Savoy operas
D·2+O·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
drays (9 points)
Horse-drawn wagons
Strong carts for heavy goods
Wagons without fixed sides
D·2+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 9 pts
drily (9 points)
Without smiling, say
Without cracking a smile, say
How some jokes are delivered
D·2+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dryad (10 points)
Eurydice for one
Eurydice, for one
Eurydice was one
D·2+R·1+Y·4+A·1+D·2 = 10 pts
dryer (9 points)
Try to obtain (something from someone)
Hot box (wordplay)
Load bearer (wordplay)
D·2+R·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
dryly (12 points)
In a matteroffact fashion
In a humorless manner
One way to deliver a cutting remark
D·2+R·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
duchy (14 points)
Peers realm perhaps
Luxembourg, for one
Luxembourg for one
D·2+U·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
ducky (15 points)
Dr. Mallard's apt nickname on "NCIS"
McCallum's 'NCIS' role
Dr Mallards apt nickname on NCIS
D·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
duddy (11 points)
Fuddy's follower
Fuddy follower
Fuddy
D·2+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
dully (9 points)
In a monotone, say
In a tedious manner.
Without much intelligence
D·2+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dumky (15 points)
Dumka
D·2+U·1+M·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
dummy (13 points)
Model of a human being
Ventriloquist's prop
'Person' in a crash test
D·2+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
dumpy (13 points)
Squat's like a tip (wordplay)
Short and stout
Built like a fireplug
D·2+U·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
dungy (10 points)
Super Bowl XLI-winning coach Tony
Super Bowl XLI winning coach
Super Bowl XLIwinning coach Tony
D·2+U·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
dusky (13 points)
Kind of dark
Like an overcast day
Dark, as twilight
D·2+U·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
dusty (9 points)
Miller - or answer, may be!
Causing one to tear up, say
Failing the white-glove test, say
D·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
dyads (10 points)
Couples but not Fred
Noahs animals eg
Couples, but not Fred
D·2+Y·4+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
dyers (9 points)
Lock changers (wordplay)
Ones who go platinum (wordplay)
Purple-haired people, say
D·2+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
dying (10 points)
Desperately longing (to)
Starting to stop!
Subsiding (with "down")
D·2+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
dyked (14 points)
Held back, as water
Held back as water
D·2+Y·4+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
dykes (13 points)
One of Connie Macks stars
Low Countries phenomenon variable
Connie Mack's famous third baseman.
D·2+Y·4+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
dynel (9 points)
Synthetic fabric introduced in 1964
Fiber in fake furs
Easily colored synthetic
D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
dynes (9 points)
per centimeter surface tension measure
in a newton
C. G. S. units of force.
D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

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