joust
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Example:
medieval joust
- verbTo engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
Example:
The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
- verbTo engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
Example:
verbally joust
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,306 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 28% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None