cage
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When cage helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C E G
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
GE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- GE ending
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- cage 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 a, c, e, g plus any remaining hive letters.
- The GE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
"The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage."
noun
The passenger compartment of a lift.
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(water polo) The goal.
noun
An automobile.
noun
Something that hinders freedom.
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The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
noun
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
noun
A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
noun
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
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The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
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The catcher's wire mask.
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A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
verb
To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
verb
To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
verb
To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.