awake
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How awake fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A E K W
Two-Letter Start
AW
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
KE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- AW start
- KE ending
- repeated letters
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- awake is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, e, k, w plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The KE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AW start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
adjective
Not asleep; conscious.
adjective
(by extension) Alert, aware.
"They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales."
verb
To become conscious after having slept.
verb
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
verb
To excite or to stir up something latent.
verb
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
verb
To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
Related Words
Same Letters
- wake
- weak
Synonyms
- conscious
- lucid
- wideawake
- wary
- woke
- awaken
- wakeup
- bringround
- cry
Antonyms
- asleep
- unconscious
- heedless
- oblivious
- fallasleep
- puttosleep