SHORTZ: Yeah, yeah, five-letter word for stick 'em.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pearls Of Wisdom] Reference

One five-letter first name and one seven-letter last name.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Tabloid]

Congo was a five-letter synopsis of Africa's worst nightmares.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

What's a five-letter word for Lewis Carroll's imaginary animal?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-02] Reference

For many, it's also hard to say another five-letter word, sorry.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2006] Reference

I'm going to give you a five-letter word and a seven-letter word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hopelessly Devoted To A Challenge] Reference

She just kept saying "What's a five-letter word for playful mammal?".    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

Any guesses on who the character with the five-letter name could be?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tail Section » 2008 » October] Reference

"Inept" is a damning five-letter word in the context of what happened in CD-2.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day the Coleen Rowley Campaign Faced the Advertising on the Wall] Reference

Another said, "'Noble,' I believe, is the five-letter word you're looking for.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Lose 'The Loser'] Reference

Another squawk: 'We have the message - five-letter group: "Cease all hostilities!"'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sum of all Fears]

Barber of Hangzhou, China, who said all five had taken heat for a five-letter word.    From Wordnik.com.  [HeadScratcher No. 59: What's up, docs! | EW.com] Reference

Using the middle letter of each country's name, spell the five-letter name of a sixth country.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Puzzle Is The Pits] Reference

In the opening lines, the article defined ‘grunge’ as ‘a five-letter word meaning dirt.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remember the Grunge Hoax?] Reference

Like everything else in the movie, it is — five-letter word for lacking significance — inane.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Steve' Is All About Inanity] Reference

I ` ve got one five-letter word for you - mints, 100 percent fresh breath, zero embarrassment, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009] Reference

No pasties, just the occasional star tattoo on the crotch, a five-letter word on the small of the back.    From Wordnik.com.  [blog: April 2009] Reference

But her kind marries people like Greg Gannon for one reason only, a five-letter word spelled m-o-n-e-y.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of Your Smile] Reference

In a recent crossword puzzle, the clue for 19 across was Zaftig, and the word 'plump' was the five-letter answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.: Glenn Back, Gay Avech] Reference

The final “e” gives a zesty bounce to the noun, whereas we reserve the five-letter word for adjectival status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Least Surprising Photo Ever? Tim Rogers Lectures the Staff About Word Usage] Reference

If a four-letter man marries a five-letter woman, he was thinking, what number of letters would their children be?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Short Stories] Reference

These are five-letter phrases, and they essentially refer to air navigation points on approaches in and out of airports.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006] Reference

And trust, that magic five-letter word, is the most important element in the relationship between a nation and its government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanted: Someone to Trust] Reference

Fatigued, Bockem was grateful for the silence as he prepared to tap out a simple five-letter message on his notebook computer.    From Wordnik.com.  [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep] Reference

From now on, if I'm going to lay down a five-letter word next to an existing one, making six words in all, I want to take the credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confessions of an Online Scrabble Cheat] Reference

Slide 6: The most pleasing five-letter word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

You're looking for a particular five-letter sequence.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental_floss Blog] Reference

Suppose we stored all one - to five-letter words in a trie.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

"It's a five-letter word, but what's the direction?" she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community] Reference

Now they have a spot for a five-letter word beginning with "qu.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The five-letter words in the first line follow a particular order.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental_floss Blog] Reference

The full five-letter message was successfully sent an hour or so later.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news] Reference

Five seconds are added to the play clock for every five-letter word formed.    From Wordnik.com.  [ShoppingBlog.com] Reference

But another great reason is the most beautiful five-letter word in the English language.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE] Reference

RD: Style - who knew a five-letter word could be so powerful, yet it's just so unpretentious.    From Wordnik.com.  [KentNewsNet.com] Reference

The dirtiest word in American society is not a four, but a five-letter word spelled t-a-x-e-s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moderate Voice] Reference

Imagine my horror as I completed the puzzle and found that the five-letter answer was "chili.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference

"The thing that bugs me most," Isler said, "is that the media keeps using that five-letter word.".    From Wordnik.com.  [dispatch.com: RSS] Reference