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The Clue

Pile (5 letter answer)

The Answer

STACK

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Notes

The answer STACK is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.

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Somewhat orderly pile
It may go through the roof

Definition

STACK as a noun:

1. an orderly pile
2. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
3. (push-down list, push-down stack, stack) = a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
4. (smokestack, stack) = a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
5. (push-down storage, push-down store, stack) = a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

STACK as a verb:

1. load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
2. (stack, pile, heap) = arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
3. arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"