whose
determiner / pronoun / contraction
Meaning
- determinerOf whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
Example:
Whose (wallet) is this?
- pronounThat or those of whom or belonging to whom.
Example:
Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?
- contractionMisspelling of who's.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #138 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 62% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None