flake
noun / verb
Meaning
- 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.
- verbTo break or chip off in a flake.
Example:
The paint flaked off after only a year.
- nounDogfish.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- 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