acceptance
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How acceptance fits the hive
Base Score
10
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C E N P T
Two-Letter Start
AC
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 10 letters
- 6 unique letters
- AC start
- CE ending
- repeated letters
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- acceptance is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, n, p, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x3, A x2, E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AC start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
"the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc."
noun
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
noun
The state of being accepted.
noun
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
noun
An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
noun
An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
noun
The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
noun
A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
noun
A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.
Related Words
Same Letters
- acceptant
- appetence
- pancetta
- peccant
Synonyms
- accepting
- approval
- receiving
- reception
- assent
- acceptableness
- aproduct
- acceptance
- geometricextent
- lightgrasp
- lightcollectingpower
- lightgatheringpower