opal
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How opal fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A L O P
Two-Letter Start
OP
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- OP start
- AL ending
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- opal is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, l, o, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the OP start.
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noun
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.
noun
A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
noun
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.