abba
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How abba fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
2
A B
Two-Letter Start
AB
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
BA
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 2 unique letters
- AB start
- BA ending
- repeated letters
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- abba is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 2 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, B x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The BA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AB start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
noun
A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
noun
A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
noun
An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
Related Words
Same Letters
- baba
Synonyms
- abaya