penal
adjective
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or relating to punishment.
Example:
penal servitude
- adjectiveSubject to punishment; punishable.
Example:
a penal offence
- adjectiveServing as a place of punishment.
Example:
a penal colony
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,130 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 89% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None