Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 5 letters

floss

Best crossword clue

"Clean between teeth"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /flɒs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted flossStarts with FEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1F2L3O4S5S

Definitions

  1. Clean between teeth with a thin thread.

Word origin

From dialectal flosh (“a flush, stream of water, sluice”), from Middle English flosche, flusche, flasche, flaske (“a watery or marshy place, swamp”), perhaps from Old French flache, from Middle Dutch vlacke (“a flat area, plain”), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleutan. Compare also German Floss (“a float”).

Used in a sentence

  • embroidery floss
  • Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
  • I don't floss very often.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Clean between teeth5 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

F____

Related words