feign
verb
Meaning
- verbTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
Example:
The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
- verbTo imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
Example:
He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
- verbTo make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,184 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 44% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None