cake
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When cake helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C E K
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
KE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- KE ending
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- cake is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, k plus any remaining hive letters.
- The KE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
noun
A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
"a johnnycake"
noun
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
"buckwheat cakes"
noun
A block of any of various dense materials.
"a cake of sand"
noun
A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
noun
Money.
noun
Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
noun
A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.
"Mmm, I'd like to cut me some of that cake!"
verb
Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
"His shoes are caked with mud."
verb
To form into a cake, or mass.
verb
To cackle like a goose.