loop
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How loop fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
L O P
Two-Letter Start
LO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OP
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- LO start
- OP ending
- repeated letters
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- loop is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include l, o, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OP ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LO start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
noun
The opening so formed.
noun
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
"Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."
noun
A ring road or beltway.
noun
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
noun
A complete circuit for an electric current.
noun
A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
noun
An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
noun
A path that starts and ends at the same point.
noun
A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
noun
A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
noun
A quasigroup with an identity element.
noun
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
noun
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
noun
A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
noun
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
verb
To form something into a loop.
verb
To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
verb
To fly an aircraft in a loop.
verb
To move something in a loop.
verb
To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
verb
To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
verb
To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
verb
To form a loop.
verb
To move in a loop.
"The program loops until the user presses a key."
Related Words
Same Letters
- lollop
- plop
- poll
- polo
- pool