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cacique

Person involved in nepotism or fraud. Originally a word for Indian chiefs in colonial Spanish America, in late 19th- and early 20th-century Spain it came to mean the local political boss who ‘delivered’ votes to the main parties in Madrid.

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No references found			Dr Karl Khoshnaw, from Manchester, holds the record for the highest word score in a competition, scoring 392 points with CAZIQUES - plural name for a West Indian Chief. SCRABBLE RECORDS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) In April 1982, Karl Khoshnaw scored a record 392 points with the word CAZIQUES getting Q on a double letter score and the C and S on triple word scores. Battle to be top man of letters by Birmingham Mail (England) Caziques means West Indian Chiefs; l The highest total score is 830, achieved by American player Michael Cresta in October 2006; l The game contains 100 tiles, 98 marked with a letter and point value based on their frequency in standard English writing. Night on the TILES; TREBLES AND DOUBLES AT SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			cavitation Cavite cavity Cavos, Catterino Cavour, Camillo Benso di, Count cavy Cawley, Evonne Fay Cawley, William Cawnpore Caxton, William Cayce Cayce, Edgar Cayenne cayenne pepper Cayes Cayey Cayley, Arthur Cayley, George cayman Cayman Islands Cayos Cayrol, Jean Cayton, Horace Roscoe Cazden, Norman Cazenovia cazique Cazneau, Jane Maria Eliza Storms CB CBI cc CCASG CCD CCITT CD CD-I CD-quality sound CD-R CD-ROM CD-ROM drive CD-ROM XA CD-RW CDTV CDU CE CE Marking Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne céad míle fáilte Ceará Ceausescu, Nicolae cebell Cebidae			Cayuses Cayuses CAYWA CAZ CAZ Caza Cazaa Cazac Cazan Cazan Cazan CAZAR Cazaux Olympique Rugby CAZB Cazden, Norman Cazembe Cazenove Fund Management Limited Cazenove New Europe Access Fund Cazenovia Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps Cazenovia Park Cazenovian CAZEO Cazern CAZFFNW CAZG Cazi Cazi Cazi Cazic Thule cazique Cazneau, Jane Maria Eliza Storms Cazneau, Jane Maria Eliza Storms Cazo Cazo Cazo CAZOP CAZPA CAZR CAZRI CAZS CAZWV CAZy Çaðdaþ Eðitim Vakfý Çaðdaþ Yaþamý Destekleme Derneði Cb Cb Cb Cb Cb CB (Honour) CB agent CB agent CB radio CB radio CB radio CB radio CB Radio Talk CB Richard Ellis CB Simulator CB Simulator

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