cancel
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How cancel fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C E L N
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- EL ending
- repeated letters
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- cancel is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, l, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
noun
An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
noun
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
noun
The page thus suppressed.
noun
The page that replaces it.
verb
To cross out something with lines etc.
verb
To invalidate or annul something.
"He cancelled his order on their website."
verb
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
"This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code."
verb
To offset or equalize something.
"The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."
verb
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
verb
To stop production of a programme.
verb
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
verb
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
verb
To kill.
verb
To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
Related Words
Same Letters
- cenacle
- nacelle
- enlace
- clean
- lance
Synonyms
- blacklist
- belay
- takecareof