conch
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When conch helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C H N O
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CH
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CO start
- CH ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- conch is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, h, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CH ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
noun
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
noun
The shell of this sea animal.
noun
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
noun
The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
verb
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
verb
To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
noun
A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
noun
A person who operates such a machine.
Related Words
Same Letters
- honcho
Synonyms
- conch
- conche