beget
verb
Meaning
- verbTo produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
Example:
The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
- verbTo cause; to produce; to bring forth.
Example:
Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.
- verbTo get or obtain.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,388 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 24% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e