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   Cul-de-sac

   /ˈkəldəˌsak/

   

   noun

   • 1. a street or passage closed at one end.
   • ▪ a route or course leading nowhere: "the first six months of the investigation were a frustrating cul-de-sac for police, tips and leads going nowhere"
   • ▪ a vessel, tube, or sac, e.g., the cecum, open at only one end.

   Word Origin mid 18th century (originally in anatomy): French, literally ‘bottom of a sack’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • L

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   • D

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   • E

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   • S

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   • A

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   • C

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