clerk
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounOne who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker. A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market. A law clerk. An employee at a hotel who deals with guests. The chief legal advisor of a legislature or legislative chamber, who is usually also responsible for keeping minutes of sittings.
- verbTo act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
Example:
The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
- nounA salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #655 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 70% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None