militia
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How militia fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A I L M T
Two-Letter Start
MI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IA
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- MI start
- IA ending
- repeated letters
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- militia is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, m, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
noun
The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g. modern Belarus).