feral
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveWild; untamed.
Example:
In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.
- nounA domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
- adjectiveDeadly, fatal.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,310 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 94% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None