crook
noun / verb / adjective
Meaning
- nounA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
Example:
She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
- verbTo bend, or form into a hook.
Example:
He crooked his finger toward me.
- adjectiveBad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
Example:
That work you did on my car is crook, mate.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,185 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 16% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: o