cache
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When cache helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C E H
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
HE
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- HE ending
- repeated letters
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- cache is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, h plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The HE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
"Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food cache to food cache on their return journey."
noun
A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
noun
(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb
To place in a cache.
Related Words
Same Letters
- ache
- each