candy
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How candy fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C D N Y
Two-Letter Start
CA
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Ending
DY
Useful for cleanup scans
- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- DY ending
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- candy is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, d, n, y plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
noun
A piece of confectionery of this kind.
noun
(slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
verb
To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
verb
To have sugar crystals form in or on.
"Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time."
verb
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
noun
A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Related Words
Synonyms
- confectionery
- lollies
- sugarcandy
- sweet
- lolly
- maunee