innovation
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When innovation helps
Base Score
10
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A I N O T V
Two-Letter Start
IN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 10 letters
- 6 unique letters
- IN start
- TION ending
- repeated letters
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- innovation is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, n, o, t, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x3, I x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TION ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the IN start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
noun
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
"The others, whose time had been more actively employed, began to shew symptoms of innovation,—"the good wine did its good office." The frost of etiquette, and pride of birth, began to give way before the genial blessings of this benign constellation, and the formal appellatives with which the three dignitaries had hitherto addressed each other, were now familiarly abbreviated into Tully, Bally, and Killie."
noun
Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
noun
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.