intonation
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How intonation fits the hive
Base Score
10
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A I N O T
Two-Letter Start
IN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Useful for cleanup scans
- 10 letters
- 5 unique letters
- IN start
- TION ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- intonation is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x3, I x2, O x2, T 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.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 3 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
noun
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
noun
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
"Her intonation was false."
noun
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
noun
A thundering; thunder.
Related Words
Same Letters
- annotation
- initiation
- inanition
- natation
- notation
- anoint
- nation