cross
noun / adjective / preposition
Meaning
- nounA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Example:
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
- adjectiveTransverse; lying across the main direction.
Example:
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
- prepositionAcross.
Example:
She walked cross the mountains.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #512 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 35% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: s