door
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When door helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
D O R
Two-Letter Start
DO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OR
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- DO start
- OR ending
- repeated letters
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- door 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, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OR ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
"I knocked on the vice president's door"
noun
Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
"the 24 doors in an Advent calendar"
noun
(immigration) An entry point.
noun
A means of approach or access.
"Learning is the door to wisdom."
noun
A barrier.
"Keep a door on your anger."
noun
A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
verb
To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
Related Words
Same Letters
- odor
- rood