mana
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How mana fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
A M N
Two-Letter Start
MA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NA
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- MA start
- NA ending
- repeated letters
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- mana 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 a, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
noun
Magical power.
noun
A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
noun
A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.
noun
One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
noun
Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
noun
(by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
noun
The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html
Related Words
Same Letters
- manna