deem
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How deem fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
D E M
Two-Letter Start
DE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EM
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- DE start
- EM ending
- repeated letters
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- deem 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 d, e, m plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EM ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DE start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
verb
To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
verb
To adjudge, to decree.
verb
To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
verb
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
"She deemed his efforts insufficient."
verb
To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
Related Words
Same Letters
- deemed
- memed
- deme
- meed
Synonyms
- consider
- judge