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5-Letter Words (117):
sadly (9 points)
How to say 'alas'
Sorry to say . . .
'I'm sorry to say...'
S·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
saggy (10 points)
Needing a lift maybe
Needing a lift, maybe
Drooping, as an old roof
S·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
sally (8 points)
A girl's party quip (wordplay)
Ride in a spaceship (wordplay)
Ride in space (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
salty (8 points)
Seasoned to last? Why (wordplay)
Old sailor's demeanor (wordplay)
Coarse or caustic
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sandy (9 points)
A gritty Scot (wordplay)
Like a beach perhaps
He says "arf"
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
sappy (12 points)
Like some trees in Vermont (wordplay)
Like maple trees and pigeons (wordplay)
Like sentimental trees (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
sarky (12 points)
Like a biting remark, to a Brit
Like a biting remark in British slang
Like a biting remark, in British slang
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sassy (8 points)
Impertinent (US colloq.)
Likely to react (wordplay)
Cheeky (US colloq.)
S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
satay (8 points)
Wok and roll (wordplay)
Stick on the grill (wordplay)
Sticky food (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
satyr (8 points)
Tray's warped, being in wood (wordplay)
Silenus, for one
Pan, for one
S·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4+R·1 = 8 pts
saucy (10 points)
Like some smart responses
Like many brats' replies
Not very impolite
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
saury (8 points)
Beaked sea fish
Longbeaked Atlantic fish
Long-beaked fish.
S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
savoy (11 points)
Restaurant for the Greens (wordplay)
Stompin' place (wordplay)
Stompin' ground (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
savvy (14 points)
Get it (wordplay)
Shrewdness, understanding (slang)
Get the idea.
S·1+A·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
sayer (8 points)
More Than I Can Say singer
Leo - - (70s pop star)
'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' singer
S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
sayid (9 points)
Moslem title of honor.
Descendant of Mohammed's daughter Fatima
Muslim title of respect
S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
sayst (8 points)
Speak to a Quaker (wordplay)
Old-style state (wordplay)
Speaks to a Quaker (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
scaly (10 points)
Totally flaking (wordplay)
Like dishpan hands
Like an alligator's skin
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
scary (10 points)
Shriek-inducing, perhaps
Metal lyrics (wordplay)
Alarming, maybe paranormal
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
seamy (10 points)
Disreputable (side)
Like a citys underbelly
Really run-down
S·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sedgy (10 points)
Like a wetland
Bordered with marsh plants.
Like some bank growth
S·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
seedy (9 points)
Out of sorts
Ramshackle, as a watermelon (wordplay)
Zero-star, say
S·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
seely (8 points)
Fortunate
S·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
seepy (10 points)
Tending to ooze
Full of moisture.
Tending to leak slowly
S·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sepoy (10 points)
Indian soldier of yore.
British Indian Army member
Former native soldier of India.
S·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
serry (8 points)
Put in ranks
Press together as in ranks
Crowd together old style
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
shady (12 points)
Pleasantly dark, perhaps
Not so hot (wordplay)
Dubious (of character)
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
shaky (15 points)
Likely to fall
Far from firm
Ready to collapse
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
shaly (11 points)
Like certain rocks
Resembling fissile rock
Containing fissile rock.
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shays (11 points)
Famed insurrectionist Daniel
One-horse carriages.
Leader of a Mass. rebellion: 1786-87
S·1+H·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
shily (11 points)
In a shy manner
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shiny (11 points)
In the buff (wordplay)
In need of powder maybe
Newly detailed, say
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
showy (14 points)
Why so unusually ostentatious (wordplay)
Making an imposing display
Low choir section
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
shoyu (11 points)
Soy sauce in Japan
Ramen topper, in Tokyo
Soy sauce, in Japan
S·1+H·4+O·1+Y·4+U·1 = 11 pts
shyer (11 points)
Less outgoing (Var.)
Frightened horse at times
More like Bashful
S·1+H·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shyly (14 points)
With pause, perhaps
In a reserved way
la a wallflower
S·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sibyl (10 points)
Forward-looking woman (wordplay)
Prophetess of legend
Cumae's was famous
S·1+I·1+B·3+Y·4+L·1 = 10 pts
silky (12 points)
Like a jockey's attire, perhaps
Like alpaca fleece
Adjective in shampoo ads
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
silly (8 points)
Putty modifier (wordplay)
Inane; very close (fielder)
Off-the-wall
S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
silty (8 points)
Why list regarding sediment (wordplay)
Overly sedimental (wordplay)
Like flood waters
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sissy (8 points)
Scaredy-cat, maybe
Bully's prey
Badlands star Spacek
S·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sixty (15 points)
The new they say
The new 40, they say
Nearing retirement age, maybe
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
skiey (12 points)
Lofty
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
skyed (13 points)
Hit a high fly ball
Kicked way over the goal, as a shot in soccer
Hit high
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
skyey (15 points)
Like the blue empyrean Poetic
Like the blue empyrean: Poetic.
Of great height Poet
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slaty (8 points)
Somewhat bluish-gray
Of a grayish cast
Of a grayish hue
S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slays (8 points)
Dispatches (a dragon)
Makes laugh really hard
Really breaks up
S·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 8 pts
slily (8 points)
With cunning (Var.)
In an artful, clever way (Var.)
In a cunning way (var.)
S·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slimy (10 points)
Covered in goo perhaps
Like someone slugged (wordplay)
Covered with slippery stuff, say mud
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sloyd (9 points)
Manual training in Sweden
Swedish manual training system.
System of manual training from Sweden.
S·1+L·1+O·1+Y·4+D·2 = 9 pts
slyer (8 points)
More underhanded (Var.)
Better at bluffing
Better with trickery
S·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
slyly (11 points)
How Stallone acts (wordplay)
With a wink, perhaps
With a wink perhaps
S·1+L·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
slype (10 points)
Cathedral passage: Arch
Narrow passage as in English cathedrals
Covered passage in a cathedral
S·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
smoky (14 points)
Like an overused oven (wordplay)
Obscured by haze.
Like bars in noir films
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
snaky (12 points)
Like conga lines
Twisting and turning
Like mountain roads
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
snowy (11 points)
Wintery forecast, perhaps
Covered in winter perhaps
Like January, perhaps
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
snyes (8 points)
Curves of ships planks
Curves of ships' planks
S·1+N·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
soapy (10 points)
Ivory-coated, perhaps
Needing rinsing, perhaps
Not rinsed perhaps
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
soddy (10 points)
Like a new lawn, maybe
Like a new lawn maybe
Like a newly repaired green, perhaps
S·1+O·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
softy (11 points)
One with a big heart
Dewy-eyed sort
Silly person dipping paper into sauce
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
soggy (10 points)
In the cereal bowl too long, maybe
Like abandoned cereal, maybe
Left in the cereal bowl too long perhaps
S·1+O·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
sonly (8 points)
Filial
Filial
S·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonny (8 points)
Epithet for Junior, maybe
Junior's nickname, perhaps
Juniors nickname perhaps
S·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonsy (8 points)
Good-natured, to a Gael.
Attractive in dialect
Good-natured Scot.
S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sooey (8 points)
Cry before dinner (wordplay)
Here, piggy piggy piggy!
Babe, come here!
S·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sooty (8 points)
Like Santa after his rounds maybe
Like Santa after his rounds perhaps
Like Santa after his rounds, perhaps
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sophy (13 points)
Knowledge Comb. form.
Philo's conclusion
Knowledge: Comb. form.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
soppy (12 points)
In the washer, perhaps
In the washer perhaps
Informally sentimental in sickly way
S·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
sorry (8 points)
Apologetic board game (wordplay)
Pardon me (wordplay)
Wretched Hindu garment, say
S·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
soupy (10 points)
Puree of Sales (wordplay)
Like dense fog
Like neglected ice cream
S·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
soyas (8 points)
Multipurpose beans (var.)
Nutritious beans (var.)
Some bean plants (Var.)
S·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
soyuz (17 points)
Russian spacecraft name
s Apollo mission
Russian spacecraft series
S·1+O·1+Y·4+U·1+Z·10 = 17 pts
spacy (12 points)
Constantly daydreaming say
Like Mork (wordplay)
Constantly daydreaming, say
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
spays (10 points)
Prevents litter (wordplay)
Keeps from littering (wordplay)
Prevents a lab accident (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
spicy (12 points)
Made with curry, say
Like chorizos and kimchi
Like a hot curry
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
spiky (14 points)
Like a punk rocker's hair, perhaps
Like a punkers hair
Like some punk hairstyles
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
spiny (10 points)
Describing a porcupine.
Like sea urchins
Like a cactus
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spiry (10 points)
Like a steeple
Tall and tapering
Helical
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
splay (10 points)
Spread out as ones fingers
Spread out, as fingers
Spread apart, as feet
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spray (10 points)
Apply deodorant maybe
Result of an overdramatic wound, perhaps
Fix one's hair (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spumy (12 points)
Full of froth
Like a beach on a rough day
Covered with foam
S·1+P·3+U·1+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
stagy (9 points)
Unnatural, in a way
Broadly done on Broadway
Unnatural, as a play
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
stays (8 points)
Is conservative in blackjack, say
Doesnt say hit me
Doesn't say "hit me"
S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 8 pts
stimy (10 points)
Thwart variable
Thwart Var.
S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
stogy (9 points)
Te Amo, for one
Cheap cigar (Var.)
Inexpensive cigar (Var.)
S·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
stony (8 points)
Cold and detached, say
Taken for granite (wordplay)
Hard to plow, perhaps
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
story (8 points)
Hansel and Gretel for one
'Hansel and Gretel,' for one
Distance covered by a flight (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
stray (8 points)
Lab at large perhaps
Alley cat for one
Dogie, for one
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
stroy (8 points)
Ruin, old-style
Ruin oldstyle
Ruin: Archaic.
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
study (9 points)
Memorize things, maybe
Bone up on dinosaurs, say
Quiet room, perhaps
S·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
styed (9 points)
Penned up, like pigs (var.)
Penned in like pigs
Penned up as pigs
S·1+T·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
styes (8 points)
Eye sores (wordplay)
Sights on sore eyes (wordplay)
Eye don't want these (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
style (8 points)
Musical "Council" (wordplay)
Field of White (wordplay)
Curl up and dye (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
styli (8 points)
Phonograph needles (Var.)
Record players (wordplay)
Sharp pens (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1 = 8 pts
stymy (13 points)
Minor but insurmountable obstacle Var.
Impede variantly
Frustrate alternatively
S·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
sudsy (9 points)
Full of Dawn, say (wordplay)
Needing rinsing, perhaps
Full of Dawn say
S·1+U·1+D·2+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
suety (8 points)
Like hard fat
Full of fat
Like plum pudding
S·1+U·1+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sulky (12 points)
Two-wheeled vehicle
Vehicle in the Hambletonian.
Two-wheeled vehicle.
S·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sully (8 points)
Stain or tarnish
2016 title role for Hanks
2009 newsmaking pilot, familiarly
S·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sunny (8 points)
Cheerful; fine (weather)
Bright and warm
Close role in "Reversal of Fortune"
S·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
surfy (11 points)
Forming high waves or seas.
Having heavy seas
Like the beach during a storm
S·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
surgy (9 points)
Rising in billows.
S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
surly (8 points)
Like a curmudgeon
Inclined to anger
Prone to sullen moods
S·1+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
swamy (13 points)
""A Hindu religious teacher, also SWAMI""
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
sways (11 points)
Is affected by the wind, maybe
Moves with the music
Enjoys a hammock
S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
sycee (10 points)
Old Chinese money.
Old Chinese money
Silver in ingots used in India
S·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
syces (10 points)
Grooms, in India
Grooms in India
Grooms, in India
S·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sykes (12 points)
LouisDreyfus costar Wanda
Standup comic Wanda
Wanda of 'Black-ish'
S·1+Y·4+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sylis (8 points)
Syli
S·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
sylph (13 points)
Airy-fairy (wordplay)
Slender graceful one
Spirit of the air
S·1+Y·4+L·1+P·3+H·4 = 13 pts
sylva (11 points)
Written work on a region's trees (Var.)
Written work on a regions trees
Koscina in The Secret War of Harry Frigg
S·1+Y·4+L·1+V·4+A·1 = 11 pts
synch (13 points)
Out of not together
Harmony or accord
Matched, after 'in'
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
syncs (10 points)
Gets it together (wordplay)
Lines up (with)
Matches audio to video, say
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
synod (9 points)
Convention of sorts
Meeting of the rite people (wordplay)
Council of the clergy
S·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+D·2 = 9 pts
synth (11 points)
Key instrument in '80s pop (wordplay)
Key instrument on s Cars
Versatile instrument briefly
S·1+Y·4+N·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
syren (8 points)
Book in the Septimus Heap series
Singer of disaster variable
Warning horn in Britain
S·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
syrup (10 points)
Ry's sweet (wordplay)
Sappy sweet (wordplay)
Karo, for one
S·1+Y·4+R·1+U·1+P·3 = 10 pts

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