cartoon
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How cartoon fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C N O R T
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- CA start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
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- cartoon is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, n, o, r, t 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 CA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
noun
A drawing satirising current public figures.
noun
An artist's preliminary sketch.
noun
An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
noun
A diagram in a scientific concept.
verb
To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
verb
To make a preliminary sketch.
Related Words
Same Letters
- contractor
- contactor
- contract
- coranto
- cantor
- carton
- contra
- craton
Synonyms
- animatedcartoon
- animation
- comicstrip
- stripcartoon
- caricature
- politicalcartoon