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decade
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[dəˈkeɪd]
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When decade helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C D E
Two-Letter Start
DE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
DE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DE start
- DE ending
- repeated letters
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- decade is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, d, e plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x2, E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The DE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
[dəˈkeɪd][dəˈkeɪd]
noun
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
"a decade of soldiers"
noun
A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
noun
The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.
"There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003."