older
adjective
Meaning
- adjectivecomparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
Example:
My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.
- adjectiveelderly
Example:
The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #184 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 90% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None