short
adjective / adverb / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveHaving a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- adverbAbruptly, curtly, briefly.
Example:
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
- nounA short circuit.
Example:
The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #343 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 79% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None