cache

Plural: caches

Noun

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
a secret store of valuables or money
(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
A store, protected or hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.
A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
Misspelling of cachet.

Verb

Verb Forms: cached, caching, caches

To store or hide goods or data in a secret or inaccessible place.
save up as for future use
To place in a cache.
To store data in a cache.
To participate in geocaching.
To hide or seek a geocache.
to store up, stockpile

Examples

Expert players CACHE high-value letters, waiting for the perfect opportunity to deploy them.
Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food cache to food cache on their return journey.

Origin / Etymology

From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”).

Synonyms

hive up, hoard, lay away, memory cache, squirrel away, stash

Scrabble Score: 12

cache: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cache: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cache: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cache: valid Words With Friends Word