SINGE

Meaning

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

• verbTo burn slightly.

SINGE as a word-puzzle answer

SINGE is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (I, E) and 3 consonants (S, N, G). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (S, I, N, E), 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.