flour

noun / verb

Meaning

nounPowder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
verbTo apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
Example: Flour the surface before rolling out the dough.
nounThe food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.

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How common: Very common; #658 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 49% of common five-letter words.; Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None