sweat
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounFluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
- verbTo emit sweat.
- nounThe state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
Example:
Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #559 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 89% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None