stale
adjective / noun / verb
Meaning
- adjectiveNo longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- nounSomething stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- verbTo make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,170 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 99% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None