five-letter word

collocation in English

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word
noun
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/wɜːd/us
/wɝːd/
a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken ...
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(Definition ofwordfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffive-letter word

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There is only onefive-letterwordin that phrase.
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It centres around a wicked,five-letterwordcalled "pride".
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I hope that he will remember thefive-letterword"sorry", because 17 years of not taking responsibility cannot be dealt with in a 10-minute speech.
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The clock started and beginning with thefive-letterword, the champion attempted to unscramble each word.
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For example, (3,5) after a clue indicates that the answer is composed of a three-letter word followed by afive-letterword.
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Attention and concentration are assessed by the serial sevens test (or alternatively by spelling afive-letterwordbackwards), and by testing digit span.
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Teams receive a clue to the word and attempt to guess thefive-letterwordafter being shown the first letter, as before.
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On the easiest difficulty, three-letter words suffice, but harder modes require five-letter words at a minimum.
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The closed set of five-letter words was the first part of the vocabulary to be remade.
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The goal is to fill the quotas of 11 three-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 3 six-letter words and 1 seven letter-word.
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Each round begins when players select five-letter words, gather the tiles to spell this word and jumble the letters on their words trays.
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For example, the characters in five-letter words each contain 2.3 bits of entropy, which would mean only a 35-character passphrase is necessary to achieve 80 bit strength.
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Each of the disks is carved with the entire alphabet and, since they can be rotated individually, the disks can be aligned to spell different five-letter words.
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