avast
interjection
Meaning
- interjectionHold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Wait!
- interjectionListen! Pay attention!
Example:
Avast, ye landlubbers!
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,323 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 22% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: a