tabby
noun / adjective / verb
Meaning
- nounA kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- adjectiveHaving a wavy or watered appearance.
Example:
a tabby waistcoat
- verbTo give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,934 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 22% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: b