knout
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How knout fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
K N O T U
Two-Letter Start
KN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UT
Useful for cleanup scans
- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- KN start
- UT ending
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- knout is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include k, n, o, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- The UT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the KN start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
"1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
verb
To flog or beat with a knout.
Related Words
Same Letters
- unknot