bottle
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How bottle fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
B E L O T
Two-Letter Start
BO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
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- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- BO start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- bottle is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, l, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
"Beer is often sold in bottles."
noun
The contents of such a container.
"I only drank a bottle of beer."
noun
A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
"The baby wants a bottle."
noun
Nerve, courage.
"He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her."
noun
(of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
"Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde."
noun
A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
noun
Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
"to drown one’s troubles in the bottle"
noun
The tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
verb
To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
"This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day."
verb
To feed (an infant) baby formula.
"Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him."
verb
To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
"The rider bottled the big jump."
verb
To throw away a leading position.
"Liverpool bottled the Premier League."
verb
To strike (someone) with a bottle.
"He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery."
verb
To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
"Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival."
noun
A dwelling; habitation.
noun
A building; house.
Related Words
Synonyms
- balls
- courage
- guts
- nerve
- pluck
- babysbottle
- feedingbottle
- nursingbottle
Antonyms
- cowardice