The Clue
Group of sheep (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FLOCK
Tags
Notes
The answer FLOCK is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Definition
FLOCK as a noun:
1. a church congregation guided by a pastor
2. a group of birds
3. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
4. (troop, flock) = an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
5. (flock, fold) = a group of sheep or goats
FLOCK as a verb:
1. move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
2. (cluster, constellate, flock, clump) = come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"