The Clue
Family in a G. Eliot book (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BEDES
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Notes
The answer BEDES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Family in an Eliot novel
Definition
BEDE as a noun:
1. (Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede) = (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
BED as a verb:
1. furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
2. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
3. put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
4. (roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk) = have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
5. (go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire) = prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"