minus
preposition / noun / adjective
Meaning
- prepositionMade less or reduced by . .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Example:
Seven minus two is five.
- nounThe minus sign (−).
- adjectiveBeing a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction.
Example:
a minus number
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #660 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 27% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None