The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MOOTS
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What does MOOTS mean?
MOOTS noun- A moot court.
- A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
- A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
- A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
- An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
- A ring for gauging wooden pins.
- A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
- (rural) Talk.
- To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
- To discuss or debate.
- To make or declare irrelevant.
- To argue or plead in a supposed case.
- To talk or speak.
- To say, utter, also insinuate.
- Vagina.
- The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
- To take root and begin to grow.
- To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.