backboard
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How backboard fits the hive
Base Score
9
16 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A B C D K O R
Two-Letter Start
BA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 9 letters
- 7 unique letters
- BA start
- RD ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- backboard is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, B x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BA start.
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Definitions
noun
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
noun
A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
noun
(first aid) A spine board.
noun
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
noun
The port or larboard side of a ship
Related Words
Same Letters
- corkboard
- backdoor
Synonyms
- larboard
- port