manhood
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How manhood fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A D H M N O
Two-Letter Start
MA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- MA start
- OD ending
- repeated letters
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- manhood is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, h, m, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The state or condition of being a human being
"He feared the speedy decline of all manhood."
noun
The state or condition of being an adult male human being, as distinguished from a child or a woman. Compare adulthood. Contrast womanhood and childhood.
"He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood."
noun
All of the adult male human beingss of a given locality, region, district, country, nation or state, or all of the adult male humans pertaining to a given human subgroup (culture, race, ethnicity, lineage, family, etc.), regarded collectively
noun
The idealized nature of an adult male human: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness, such as: courage, bravery, dominance, resolve, self-control, executive ability, physical/bodily strength, and sexual potency as regarded collectively
"My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?"
noun
The self-concept of a man (an adult male human being) with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly
"I feel that when you boss me around, you insult my manhood."
noun
The male genitalia, especially the penis
"She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood."
Related Words
Same Letters
- hodman
Synonyms
- humanity
- junk
- manfulness
- manliness
- mannishness
- mankind
Antonyms
- womanhood
- womanishness
- womanliness
- womankind