nonce
noun / adjective
Meaning
- nounThe one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
Example:
That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
- adjectiveOne-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.
- nounA sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,337 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 50% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: n