monocot
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How monocot fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
C M N O T
Two-Letter Start
MO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OT
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- MO start
- OT ending
- repeated letters
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- monocot is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, m, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MO start.
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Definitions
noun
Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.
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Synonyms
- liliopsid
- monocot