clinic
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How clinic fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
C I L N
Two-Letter Start
CL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IC
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CL start
- IC ending
- repeated letters
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- clinic is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, i, l, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2, I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IC ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CL start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
noun
(by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
noun
A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
noun
A group practice of several physicians.
noun
A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
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A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
noun
A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
noun
One confined to bed by sickness.
noun
One who receives baptism on a sickbed.