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Updated June 2026
A dowel or tenon used in shipbuilding to join timbers.
“The shipwright drove a coak into the joint to secure the beam.”
"Coak" uses 4 different letters, which makes it efficient for eliminating options. Its 2 vowels balance the consonants.
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