wring
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbOften followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
Example:
I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.
- nounA powerful squeezing or twisting action.
Example:
I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.
- nounA device for compressing or pressing, especially for making cheese, cider from apples, or wine from grapes.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,981 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 29% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None