early
adjective / noun / adverb
Meaning
- adjectiveAt a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
Example:
at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death
- nounA shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
- adverbAt a time before expected; sooner than usual.
Example:
We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #53 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 99% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None