Wrote a number for a boy (5)
I believe the answer is:
noted
'wrote' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a number for a boy' is the wordplay.
'a number' becomes 'no.' (abbreviation).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a boy' becomes 'ted' (short for Edward or Theodore).
'no'+'ted'='NOTED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noted that I've seen before include "remarked upon" , "Recorded in writing" , "Like music" , "Well known; registered" , "taken down" .)