drift
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounMovement; that which moves or is moved. Anything driven at random. A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
Example:
a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc.
- verbTo move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
Example:
The boat drifted away from the shore.
- nounAnything driven at random.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #784 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 43% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None