MIRTH

Meaning

The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.

MIRTH as a word-puzzle answer

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

It leans on high-frequency letters (I, 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.