chatter
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When chatter helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C E H R T
Two-Letter Start
CH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ER
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- CH start
- ER ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- chatter is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, h, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ER ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CH start.
Pronunciation
noun
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
noun
The sound of talking.
noun
The sound made by a magpie.
noun
An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
"Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter."
noun
In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
verb
To talk idly.
"They knitted and chattered the whole time."
verb
Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
"He was so cold that his teeth were chattering."
verb
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
noun
One who chats
noun
A user of chat rooms
Related Words
Same Letters
- character
- charterer
- chatterer
- heartache
- recharter
- catheter
- reattach
- tetrarch
- thatcher
- tracheae
- catcher
- charter
Synonyms
- chattering
- chatting
- nattering
- clatter
- knock
- pink
- chat
- natter