cleave
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How cleave fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C E L V
Two-Letter Start
CL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
VE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CL start
- VE ending
- repeated letters
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- cleave is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, e, l, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The VE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CL start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
verb
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
"The wings cleaved the foggy air."
verb
To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
verb
To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
"The truck cleaved a path through the ice."
verb
To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
verb
To split.
verb
Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
verb
To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
Related Words
Same Letters
- calve
- clave