dime
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How dime fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
D E I M
Two-Letter Start
DI
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Ending
ME
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DI start
- ME ending
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- dime is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, i, m plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
noun
A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
noun
A small amount of money
"She didn't spend a dime."
noun
An assist
noun
A playing card with the rank of ten
noun
Ten dollars
noun
A thousand dollars
noun
A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
noun
Payment responsibility
"Are you traveling on the company's dime?"
noun
A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
noun
A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
verb
(with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
"Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana."
verb
To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
"I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed."
Related Words
Same Letters
- dimmed
- mimed
- idem
Synonyms
- tencentpiece
- grand
- dropadimeonsomeone