travail
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How travail fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A I L R T V
Two-Letter Start
TR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- TR start
- IL ending
- repeated letters
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- travail is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, r, t, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TR start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
noun
Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
noun
An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
noun
The eclipse of a celestial object.
noun
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
"space travel"
noun
(in the plural) A series of journeys.
"I’m off on my travels around France again."
noun
(in the plural) An account of one's travels.
noun
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
noun
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
"My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches."
noun
Labour; parturition; travail.
noun
A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
verb
To toil.
verb
To go through the labor of childbirth.
Related Words
Same Letters
- trivial
Synonyms
- journey
- passage
- tour
- trip
- voyage
- traffic
- movement
- progression
- stroke