roast
verb / noun / adjective
Meaning
- verbTo cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Example:
to roast meat on a spit
- nounA piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
Example:
Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.
- adjectiveHaving been cooked by roasting.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #754 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 97% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None