tease
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- nounOne who teases.
- verbTo comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,000 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 87% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e