change
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When change helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C E G H N
Two-Letter Start
CH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
GE
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- 6 letters
- 6 unique letters
- CH start
- GE ending
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- change is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, g, h, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- The GE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CH start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The process of becoming different.
"The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it."
noun
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
"Can I get change for this $100 bill please?"
noun
A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
noun
Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
"A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change."
noun
Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money
"Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call."
noun
A transfer between vehicles.
"The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham."
noun
A change-up pitch.
noun
(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
noun
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
noun
A public house; an alehouse.
verb
To become something different.
"The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing."
verb
To make something into something else.
"The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."
verb
To replace.
"Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."
verb
To replace one's clothing.
"You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."
verb
To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
"It's your turn to change the baby."
verb
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
verb
To exchange.
verb
To change hand while riding (a horse).
"to change a horse"