commit
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How commit fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
C I M O T
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IT
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CO start
- IT ending
- repeated letters
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- commit is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, i, m, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (M x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.
verb
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
verb
To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
verb
To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
"Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!"
verb
To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
"to commit a series of heinous crimes"
verb
To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
verb
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
"to commit oneself to a certain action"
verb
To make a set of changes permanent.
verb
(Latinism) To confound.
verb
To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
verb
To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.