It took me 4 tries, having guessed the word ending in 3.

As for the word, it comes into what may be a fairly large category for me. I would for example be able to use the word as a solution to a straight crossword clue and be satisfied my answer was right rather than me just putting in a word to fit but I’d probably have problems going the other way round, ie. if someone simply asked me what the word meant, I could find myself saying I don’t know.