eerie
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveInspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
Example:
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
- nounAn eerie creature or thing.
- nounAlternative spelling of eyrie.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,263 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 38% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 4 · Different letters: 3 · Repeated letters: e