lurch
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA sudden or unsteady movement.
Example:
the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
- verbTo make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- verbTo swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,930 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 41% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None