stake
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
Example:
We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
- verbTo fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
Example:
to stake vines or plants
- nounA piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
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Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #551 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 93% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None