chap
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How chap fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C H P
Two-Letter Start
CH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AP
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CH start
- AP ending
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- chap 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, h, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AP ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CH start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
(obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
"Who’s that chap over there?"
noun
A customer, a buyer.
noun
A child.
noun
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
noun
A division; a breach, as in a party.
noun
A blow; a rap.
verb
Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
verb
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
verb
To strike, knock.
noun
(often in the plural) The jaw.
noun
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
noun
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
"Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter."
noun
A section of a social or religious body.
noun
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
noun
A decretal epistle.
noun
A location or compartment.
Related Words
Synonyms
- ch
- chpt