adapt
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When adapt helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D P T
Two-Letter Start
AD
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
PT
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- AD start
- PT ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- adapt is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, p, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The PT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AD start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
verb
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
verb
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
"to adapt a story for the stage"
verb
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
"a word of an adapted form"
verb
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
"They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished."
adjective
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.