decoy
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- verbTo lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
Example:
to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
- nounA real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,611 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 62% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None