stern
adjective / noun / verb
Meaning
- adjectiveHaving a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
Example:
stern sex
- nounThe rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- verbTo steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,551 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 95% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None