magnum
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How magnum fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A G M N U
Two-Letter Start
MA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UM
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- MA start
- UM ending
- repeated letters
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- magnum is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, m, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (M x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The UM ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MA start.
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Definitions
noun
A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.
noun
A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
noun
A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
Related Words
Same Letters
- gunman