creep
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Example:
Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
- nounThe movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- verbTo grow across a surface rather than upwards.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #768 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 45% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e