clove
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- nounOne of the small bulbs that make up the large, compound bulb in garlic, shallots, or similar plants.
Example:
clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs
- verbsimple past of cleave
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,773 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 66% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None