adder
noun
Meaning
- nounAny snake.
- nounSomeone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- nounA name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera A common European adder (Vipera berus). A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis). Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum). A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,037 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 70% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: d