basic
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveNecessary, essential for life or some process.
Example:
Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
- nounA necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Example:
Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
- adjectiveElementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
Example:
The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #193 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 53% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None