para
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How para fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
A P R
Two-Letter Start
PA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RA
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- PA start
- RA ending
- repeated letters
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- para 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 a, p, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the PA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
noun
A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
noun
A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
noun
A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
noun
An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
noun
A paratrooper.
adjective
Very drunk
noun
Short for paraprofessional educator.
Related Words
Same Letters
- parr