prime
adjective / noun / verb
Meaning
- adjectiveFirst in importance, degree, or rank.
Example:
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.
- nounThe first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- verbTo fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
Example:
You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #226 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 80% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None