null
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How null fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
L N U
Two-Letter Start
NU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- NU start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
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- null 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 l, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NU start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
noun
Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
noun
Something that has no force or meaning.
noun
The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
noun
The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
"Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null."
noun
One of the beads in nulled work.
noun
Null hypothesis.
verb
To nullify; to annul.
verb
To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
verb
To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
adjective
Having no validity; "null and void"
adjective
Insignificant.
adjective
Absent or non-existent.
adjective
Of the null set.
adjective
Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
adjective
(of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
Related Words
Antonyms
- antinull
- nonnull