HUMOR

Meaning

The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.

“She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.”

• verbTo pacify by indulging.

HUMOR as a word-puzzle answer

HUMOR is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (U, O) and 3 consonants (H, M, R). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (O, R), 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.