telly
noun / adjective
Meaning
- nounTelevision.
Example:
Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
- nounA hotel or motel.
Example:
I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
- adjectiveInclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,417 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 54% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: l