accord
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How accord fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C D O R
Two-Letter Start
AC
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- AC start
- RD ending
- repeated letters
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- accord is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, d, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AC start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
noun
A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
noun
Agreement or harmony of things in general.
"the accord of light and shade in painting"
noun
An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
noun
An international agreement.
"The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War."
noun
Assent
noun
Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
"Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord."
verb
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
verb
To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
verb
To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
verb
To agree in pitch and tone.
verb
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
verb
To give consent.
verb
To arrive at an agreement.
Related Words
Synonyms
- assent
- consent
- treaty