onto
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How onto fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
N O T
Two-Letter Start
ON
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TO
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- ON start
- TO ending
- repeated letters
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- onto 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 n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the ON start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
adjective
(of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
"Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto."
preposition
Upon; on top of.
"My cat just jumped onto the keyboard."
preposition
Aware of.
"The thought-police were onto my plans of world domination."
preposition
Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
"The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers."
Related Words
Same Letters
- toon
Synonyms
- surjective