scarp
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounThe steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
- verbto cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
Example:
to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
- nounA cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,507 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 73% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None