allay
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
Example:
to allay popular excitement
- nounAlleviation; abatement; check.
- verbTo alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
Example:
to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,039 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 11% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 3 · Repeated letters: a, l