blink
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo close and reopen both eyes quickly.
Example:
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
- nounThe act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- verbTo close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
Example:
She blinked her tears away.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #851 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: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None