challah
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How challah fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C H L
Two-Letter Start
CH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AH
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CH start
- AH ending
- repeated letters
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- challah is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, h, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, H x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AH ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CH start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.
noun
The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
noun
The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.