railroad
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How railroad fits the hive
Base Score
8
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A D I L O R
Two-Letter Start
RA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- RA start
- AD ending
- repeated letters
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- railroad is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, l, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, R x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the RA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
"Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads"
noun
The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
noun
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
"Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other"
noun
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
"The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed."
verb
To transport via railroad.
verb
To operate a railroad.
"The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly"
verb
To work for a railroad.
verb
To travel by railroad.
verb
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
verb
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
"The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections."
verb
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
"They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges."
verb
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
"He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview."
verb
To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
verb
(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
Related Words
Synonyms
- railway