boon
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How boon fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
B N O
Two-Letter Start
BO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- BO start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
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- boon is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BO start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A prayer; petition.
noun
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
noun
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
"Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery."
noun
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
adjective
Good; prosperous.
"boon voyage"
adjective
Kind; bountiful; benign.
adjective
(Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
noun
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Related Words
Same Letters
- bonbon
- bonobo
- noob
Synonyms
- benefit
- blessing
- favor
- gift
- shive
- shove
Antonyms
- bane