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4 LETTERS1 POINT[keɪm]

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Base Score

1

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Unique Letters

4

A C E M

Two-Letter Start

CA

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Ending

ME

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  • 4 letters
  • 4 unique letters
  • CA start
  • ME ending

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  • came 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, m plus any remaining hive letters.
  • The ME ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
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Pronunciation

[keɪm][keɪm]
  1. preposition

    Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

  2. verb

    To move from further away to nearer to.

    "She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]"

  3. verb

    To arrive.

  4. verb

    To appear, to manifest itself.

    "The pain in his leg comes and goes."

  5. verb

    (with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.

    "She came to think of that country as her home."

  6. verb

    (with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.

    "Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?"

  7. verb

    To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

    "Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn."

  8. verb

    To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

    "He came after a few minutes."

  9. verb

    (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

    "One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart."

  10. verb

    (with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

    "He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits."

  11. verb

    (fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.

    "He was a dream come true."

  12. verb

    To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

    "A new sports car doesn't come cheap."

  13. verb

    To carry through; to succeed in.

    "You can't come any tricks here."

  14. verb

    Happen.

    "This kind of accident comes when you are careless."

  15. verb

    (with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.

  16. verb

    (of grain) To germinate.

  17. verb

    To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.

    "Don't come the innocent victim. We all know who's to blame here."

  18. verb

    To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.

  19. verb

    To ejaculate.

  20. noun

    A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

Related Words

Same Letters

  • mecca
  • acme
  • mace

Synonyms

  • arrived
  • by
  • came
  • when

Antonyms

  • depart
  • exit
  • flee
  • go
  • leave
  • retreat
  • withdraw

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