5 Letter Words
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Crossword Buffs
Here is a list of the most frequently occurring 5 letter words appearing in a selection of major American newspaper crosswords. I've included a range of clues for each crossword answer to give you a feel for the variety of clues you are likely to meet when attempting a crossword puzzle.
- ALONE
- Solo
- "Home ___"
- One way to go it
- Like an eremite
- In bad company, according to Bierce
- ARENA
- Sports stadium
- Play area
- "In the ___" (Nixon book)
- Fan setting
- It often has a ring in the middle
- Bowl
- AROMA
- Bouquet
- Appetite stimulant
- Fresh pies have one
- Kitchen drawer?
- ATONE
- Make amends
- Do penance
- Observe Yom Kippur
- Square things
- Do more than rue
- EERIE
- Spine-tingling
- Appropriate for Halloween
- Poe-ish
- Like some coincidences
- Like King's English
- Causing horripilation
- ENTER
- Door sign
- Stage direction
- Key in
- Butler's request
- Cry from within
- Long key
- ERASE
- Rub out
- Remove one's slip
- Blank tapes?
- Prepare for reuse, perhaps
- Get the lead out?
- ERATO
- Poet's muse
- Lyre-playing muse
- Sister of Clio
- Calliope relative
- IRATE
- Furious
- Seeing red
- Choleric
- Steamed
- Close to erupting
- IRENE
- Ballroom dancer Castle
- One of the Horae
- Title woman in a Jim Carrey movie
- Goddess of peace
- Papas of "Zorba the Greek"
- Castle with lots of steps
- OPERA
- Soap ___
- Met offering
- "La Traviata," e.g.
- Verdi work
- Horse ___
- Works
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