madam
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How madam fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
A D M
Two-Letter Start
MA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AM
Useful for cleanup scans
- 5 letters
- 3 unique letters
- MA start
- AM ending
- repeated letters
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- madam is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, m plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, M x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AM ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
"Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked."
noun
The mistress of a household.
noun
A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
"Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam."
noun
A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
"After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam."
verb
To address as "madam".
Related Words
Synonyms
- dame
- lady
- matron
- mistress
- woman
- abbess
- bawd
- brothelkeeper
- ladyabbess
- nookiebookie
- whoremistress