tube
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How tube fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
B E T U
Two-Letter Start
TU
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Ending
BE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TU start
- BE ending
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- tube 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 b, e, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
noun
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
"A tube of toothpaste."
noun
(often capitalized as Tube) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
"I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way."
noun
A tin can containing beer.
noun
A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
noun
A television.
"Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?"
noun
An idiot.
verb
To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
"She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory."
verb
To ride an inner tube.
"They tubed down the Colorado River."
verb
To intubate.
"The patient was tubed."
Related Words
Same Letters
- butte
Synonyms
- boobtube
- telly