total
noun / adjective / verb
Meaning
- nounAn amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Example:
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
- adjectiveEntire; relating to the whole of something.
Example:
The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
- verbTo add up; to calculate the sum of.
Example:
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #95 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 58% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: t