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tenon
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When tenon helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E N O T
Two-Letter Start
TE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TE start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
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- tenon is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TE start.
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noun
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
verb
To make into a tenon.
"First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part."
verb
To fit with tenons.
Related Words
Same Letters
- nonet
- tonne
- note
- tone