chalk
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
Example:
chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing
- verbTo apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
Example:
chalk your hands before climbing
- nounA piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #899 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 34% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None