tape
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How tape fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A E P T
Two-Letter Start
TA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
PE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TA start
- PE ending
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- tape 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, e, p, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- The PE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
"Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper."
noun
Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
"After the party there was tape all over the place."
noun
Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
"Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record."
noun
Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
"Did you get that on tape?"
noun
(by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
noun
An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
"Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight."
noun
(from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
"Don’t fight the tape."
noun
The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
"His pass was right on the tape."
noun
A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
verb
To bind with adhesive tape.
"Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it."
verb
To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
"You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping."
verb
(passive) To understand, figure out.
"I've finally got this thing taped."
Related Words
Same Letters
- tappet
- pate
- peat