nation
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When nation helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A I N O T
Two-Letter Start
NA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- NA start
- TION ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- nation is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TION ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
"The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East"
noun
A sovereign state.
"Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups."
noun
An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.
"Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland."
noun
A great number; a great deal.
noun
Damnation.
adverb
Extremely, very.