issue
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounThe action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie. The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.
Example:
The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
- verbTo flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
Example:
The water issued forth from the spring.
- nounA movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #93 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 39% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: s