laid
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How laid fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D I L
Two-Letter Start
LA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ID
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- LA start
- ID ending
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- laid is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- The ID ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
adjective
(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
verb
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
"A shower of rain lays the dust."
verb
To cause to subside or abate.
verb
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
verb
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
"lay brick; lay flooring"
verb
To produce and deposit an egg.
"Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?"
verb
To bet (that something is or is not the case).
"I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday."
verb
To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
verb
To have sex with.
verb
To take a position; to come or go.
"to lay forward; to lay aloft"
verb
To state; to allege.
"to lay the venue"
verb
To point; to aim.
"to lay a gun"
verb
(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
"to lay a cable or rope"
verb
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
verb
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
verb
To apply; to put.
verb
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
"to lay a tax on land"
verb
To impute; to charge; to allege.
verb
To present or offer.
"to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one"
verb
To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
Related Words
Same Letters
- dial
Synonyms
- ascribe
- attribute
- becalm
- settledown
- lieby
- liewith
- sleepwith