least
adjective / determiner / adverb
Meaning
- adjectiveChiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.
Example:
least common multiple
- determinerChiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Smallest in amount or extent.
Example:
He earns the least money in his family.
- adverbIn a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree.
Example:
My best routine was the one I had practised the least.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #52 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 99% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None