cull
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How cull fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
C L U
Two-Letter Start
CU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- CU start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
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- cull is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, l, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CU start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A selection.
noun
An organised killing of selected animals.
noun
(farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
noun
(seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
noun
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
verb
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
verb
To gather, collect.
verb
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
verb
To kill (animals etc).
verb
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
noun
A fool, gullible person; a dupe.