serve
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink). To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties. To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- nounAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
Example:
Whose serve is it?
- verbTo be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #208 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 51% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e