bluebottle
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How bluebottle fits the hive
Base Score
10
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
B E L O T U
Two-Letter Start
BL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 10 letters
- 6 unique letters
- BL start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- bluebottle is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, l, o, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (B x2, E x2, L x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BL start.
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noun
Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
noun
A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
noun
A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
noun
A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
noun
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium. Also called triangles.
noun
A police officer.