proof
noun / adjective / verb
Meaning
- nounAn effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
Example:
I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough.
- adjectiveUsed in proving or testing.
Example:
a proof load; a proof charge
- verbTo proofread.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #268 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 10% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: o