cell
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When cell helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
C E L
Two-Letter Start
CE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- CE start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- cell is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, e, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
noun
A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
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A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
"Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell."
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A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
"The combatants spent the night in separate cells."
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Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
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Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
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The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
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Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
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A section or compartment of a larger structure.
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Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
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A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
"This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells."
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The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
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A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
"There is a powerful storm cell headed our way."
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The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
"The upper right cell always starts with the color green."
noun
In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
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A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
"Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization."
noun
(communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
"Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells."
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(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
"I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower."
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A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
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The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
noun
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
noun
A cella.
noun
An area of an insect wing bounded by veins
verb
To place or enclose in a cell.
noun
A cellular phone.