barmy
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveContaining, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”).
- adjectiveCrazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
- nounplural of barma (“a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems”)
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,465 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 55% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None