lake
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How lake fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A E K L
Two-Letter Start
LA
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Ending
KE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- LA start
- KE ending
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- lake 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, e, k, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- The KE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
noun
A large, landlocked stretch of water.
noun
A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
noun
A pit, or ditch
noun
An offering, sacrifice, gift.
noun
Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
verb
To present an offering.
verb
To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
noun
A kind of fine, white linen.
noun
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
noun
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
"For example, the name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake."
verb
To make lake-red.
Related Words
Same Letters
- kale
- leak