TRADE

Meaning

Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

• verbTo engage in trade.

TRADE as a word-puzzle answer

TRADE is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (A, E) and 3 consonants (T, R, D). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (T, R, A, 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.