hatch
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
Example:
Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.
- verbTo close with a hatch or hatches.
- verbTo emerge from an egg.
Example:
These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #785 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 24% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: h