kudzu
noun
Meaning
- nounAn Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States.
- nounA starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,627 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 0% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: u