cork
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When cork helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C K O R
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RK
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CO start
- RK ending
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- cork 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 c, k, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- The RK ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
noun
A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
"Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic."
noun
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
noun
The cork oak, Quercus suber.
noun
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
verb
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
verb
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
verb
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
verb
To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
verb
To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
"The vicious tackle corked his leg."
verb
To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
noun
An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
verb
To perform such a maneuver.
adjective
Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
Related Words
Same Letters
- crock
- crook
- rock