whelp
noun / verb / interjection
Meaning
- nounA young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
- verbTo give birth.
Example:
The bitch whelped.
- interjectionAlternative form of welp (“well”).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,292 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 28% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None