quill
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounThe lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- verbTo pierce with quills. (Usually in the passive voice, as be quilled or get quilled.)
- nounA pen made from a feather.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,529 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 3% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: l