cattle
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How cattle fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C E L T
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- cattle is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, l, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
"Do you want to raise cattle?"
noun
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
noun
People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
noun
(English law, sometimes countable) chattel
"goods and cattle"
noun
Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Related Words
Same Letters
- lactate
- lacteal
- acetal
- cleat
- eclat
Synonyms
- bos
- cattlebeast
- cattlehead
- neat