tone
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When tone helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E N O T
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NE
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TO start
- NE ending
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- tone 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 e, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- The NE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A specific pitch.
noun
(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
noun
(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
noun
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
noun
General character, mood, or trend.
"Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening."
noun
The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
noun
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
"Children often read with a tone."
noun
The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
noun
State of mind; temper; mood.
noun
The shade or quality of a colour.
noun
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
"This picture has tone."
noun
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
noun
The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
noun
Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
noun
A gun
verb
To give a particular tone to
verb
To change the colour of
verb
To make (something) firmer
verb
To harmonize, especially in colour
verb
To utter with an affected tone.
pronoun
The one (of two)
Related Words
Same Letters
- nonet
- tenon
- tonne
- note
Synonyms
- wholetone
- color
- colour
- dye
- paint
- tint
- harmonise
- harmonize
- firm
- firmup
- toneup