deceit
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How deceit fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
C D E I T
Two-Letter Start
DE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IT
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- DE start
- IT ending
- repeated letters
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- deceit is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, d, e, i, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DE start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
"The whole conversation was merely a deceit."
noun
An act of deceiving someone.
noun
The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
noun
The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
Related Words
Same Letters
- dietetic
- deictic
- eidetic
- cited
- edict
Synonyms
- deception
- trickery
- fraud
- trick
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
- dissimulation
- fraudulence
- underhandedness