scalp
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounThe top of the head; the skull.
- verbTo remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- nounThe part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
Example:
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,109 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 60% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None