legion
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When legion helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
E G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
LE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
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- 6 letters
- 6 unique letters
- LE start
- ON ending
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- legion is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, g, i, l, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LE start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
noun
A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery
noun
A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
noun
(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
noun
A large number of people; a multitude.
noun
(often plural) A great number.
noun
A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
verb
To form into legions.
adjective
Numerous; vast; very great in number
"Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion."
Related Words
Synonyms
- host
- mass
- multitude
- sea
- throng
- multitudinous
- numerous