corky
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveOf wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
Example:
This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.
- nounA deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
- adjectiveConsisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Rare – accepted as a guess
- #4,066 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Accepted as a guess, never an answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 44% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None