cold
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When cold helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C D L O
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LD
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CO start
- LD ending
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- cold 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, d, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- The LD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
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Pronunciation
adjective
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
"A cold wind whistled through the trees."
adjective
(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
"The forecast is that it will be very cold today."
adjective
(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
"She was so cold she was shivering."
adjective
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
"She shot me a cold glance before turning her back."
adjective
Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
"He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him."
adjective
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
"He was assigned cold calls for the first three months."
adjective
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
"After one more beer he passed out cold."
adjective
(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
"Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold."
adjective
(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
"Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold."
adjective
Not pungent or acrid.
adjective
Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
adjective
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
"a cold scent"
adjective
Not sensitive; not acute.
adjective
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
"You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!"
adjective
Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
adjective
Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
adjective
Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
"I can't believe she said that...that was cold!"
noun
A condition of low temperature.
"Come in, out of the cold."
noun
(with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
"The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him."
noun
A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
"I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week"
noun
Rheum, sleepy dust
adverb
While at low temperature.
"The steel was processed cold."
adverb
Without preparation.
"The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic."
adverb
With finality.
"I knocked him out cold."
adverb
In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.