cheat
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When cheat helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C E H T
Two-Letter Start
CH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AT
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CH start
- AT ending
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- cheat is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, h, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CH start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
verb
To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
"My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term."
verb
To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
"After he found out his wife cheated, he left her."
verb
To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
"He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train."
verb
To deceive; to fool; to trick.
"He cheated his way into office."
noun
Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
noun
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
noun
The weed cheatgrass.
noun
A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
noun
A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
Related Words
Same Letters
- attache
- chaetae
- cheetah
- hatchet
- cachet
- chaeta
- teach
Synonyms
- belirt
- blench
- breaktherules
- lirt
- bs
- idoubtit
- bullshit