beta
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How beta fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A B E T
Two-Letter Start
BE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TA
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BE start
- TA ending
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- beta is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, e, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- The TA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BE start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
noun
Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
noun
Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
noun
The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
"The company is offering a public beta program to test the software."
noun
Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
noun
Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
noun
A beta particle or beta ray.
noun
In omegaverse fiction, a person of a (usually secondary) gender/sex that mirrors the biology of a normal human, being free from the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
verb
To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
verb
To beta-read a text.
adjective
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
adjective
Designates the second in an order of precedence.
adjective
Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
adjective
(of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype.
noun
(manosphere, pickup community) A man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
noun
Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
Related Words
Same Letters
- abate
- abet
- bate
- beat
Synonyms
- beta
- siamesefightingfish