dyad
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How dyad fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
A D Y
Two-Letter Start
DY
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- DY start
- AD ending
- repeated letters
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- dyad 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 a, d, y plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DY start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 4 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
noun
Any set of two different pitch classes.
noun
A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
""For each individual in a specific dyad (i.e., mother-offspring, offspring-father, sibling-sibling),..." Debra Lieberman, John Tooby, and Leda Cosmides - The evolution of human incest avoidance mechanisms: an evolutionary psychological approach, p. 20"
noun
An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
noun
A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
noun
A tensor of order two and rank one.
Related Words
Same Letters
- daddy
Synonyms
- couple
- duad