horde
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
- verbTo travel en masse; to flock.
- nounA large number of people or things.
Example:
We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,380 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 83% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None