Cubie

Origin

cube + -ie

Full definition of cubie

Noun

1. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
• 1981, Scientific American...you can see that the corner cubie in question is detachable...
• 1989, Dennis Merritt, Building Expert Systems in PrologEach of the tiles is actually part of a small cube, or cubie.
• 2003, Victor Percy Snaith, Groups, Rings and Galois TheoryEach nine-cubie face is capable of being rotated en bloc.