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coca
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4 LETTERS1 POINT[ˈkəʊkə]
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When coca helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A C O
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CA
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- CO start
- CA ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- coca 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 a, c, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
[ˈkəʊkə][ˈkoʊkə]
noun
Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
noun
A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.