BERTH

Meaning

A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).

• verbTo bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth

BERTH as a word-puzzle answer

BERTH is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (E) and 4 consonants (B, R, T, H). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (E, R, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.