cube
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When cube helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
B C E U
Two-Letter Start
CU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
BE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CU start
- BE ending
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- cube 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 b, c, e, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- The BE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CU start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
noun
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
"a stock cube"
noun
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
"the cube of 2 is 8"
noun
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
noun
A Rubick's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube
verb
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
"Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven."
verb
To form into the shape of a cube.
verb
To cut into cubes.
"Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice."
verb
To use a Rubik's cube.
"He likes to cube now and then."
noun
A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
"My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube."