The term 1, 8 or 27 can be solved by the word 'CUBE'. A CUBE is a three-dimensional shape with six square faces, all of which are equal in size and shape. It is one of the five Platonic solids, which are regular polyhedra composed of congruent faces. The CUBE is the only Platonic solid that has an even number of faces meeting at each vertex. It is also the only regular hexahedron, meaning it has six faces, twelve edges, and eight vertices.