scaly
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveCovered or abounding with scales.
Example:
a scaly fish a scaly stem
- nounThe scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
- adjectiveComposed of scales lying over each other.
Example:
a scaly bulb
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,901 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 74% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None