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river

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounA large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

    Example: Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

  2. verbTo improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

    Example: Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

  3. nounOne who rives or splits.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Five-letter puzzle facts

How common
Very common
#148 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 43% of common five-letter words.
Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: r