shale
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
- verbTo take off the shell or coat of.
- nounA fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #906 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