brand
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- verbTo burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
Example:
When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
- nounA branding iron.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #211 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 61% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None