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flake

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

    Example: There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.

  2. verbTo break or chip off in a flake.

    Example: The paint flaked off after only a year.

  3. nounDogfish.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Five-letter puzzle facts

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Common
#1,397 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 69% of common five-letter words.
Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None