core

NOUNVERB /koʊr/
4 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

core is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1R1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING

What does core mean?

NOUN · 10 SENSES
1

(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories.

“each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit”

2

The central part of the Earth.

3

The chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.

BROADER
4

A small group of indispensable persons or things.

“five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program”

BROADER
NARROWER
5

The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.

6

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.

7

An organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality.

8

A bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil.

BROADER
9

A cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.

BROADER
10

The center of an object.

“the ball has a titanium core”

VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Remove the core or center from.

“core an apple”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of core

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