bubble
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How bubble fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
B E L U
Two-Letter Start
BU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BU start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- bubble is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, l, u plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
noun
A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
"bubbles in window glass, or in a lens"
noun
(by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
noun
Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
noun
A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
"dot-com bubble"
noun
The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.
noun
An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
noun
Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.
noun
A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
noun
The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
noun
A laugh.
"Are you having a bubble?!"
noun
A Greek.
noun
Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
noun
The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)
"Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game."
noun
A group of people who are in quarantine together.
verb
To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
verb
To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
"Rage bubbled inside him."
verb
To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
verb
To cheat, delude.
verb
To cry, weep.
verb
To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
verb
To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
verb
To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
verb
To form into a protruding round shape.
verb
To cover with bubbles.
verb
To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
Related Words
Same Letters
- bluebell
- blue
- lube
Synonyms
- ambience
- circumstances
- bubbleandsqueak
- bubblebath
- giraffe
Antonyms
- antibubble