first
adjective / adverb / noun
Meaning
- adjectivePreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
Example:
Hancock was first to arrive.
- adverbBefore anything else; firstly.
Example:
Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.
- nounThe person or thing in the first position.
Example:
He was the first to complete the course.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #8 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 61% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None