sully
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo soil or stain; to dirty.
Example:
He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
- nounA blemish.
- verbTo corrupt or damage.
Example:
She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,534 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 20% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: l