allow
verb
Meaning
- verbTo let one have as a suitable share of something.
Example:
to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest
- verbTo present something as possible or reasonable.
Example:
The event allows of only one interpretation.
- verbTo permit, to give permission to.
Example:
I will allow my son to be absent.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #159 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 20% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: l