lurid
adjective
Meaning
- adjectivePruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
Example:
The accident was described with lurid detail.
- adjectiveMelodramatic.
- adjectiveGhastly, pale, wan in appearance.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,001 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 53% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None