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When annotation helps
Base Score
10
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A I N O T
Two-Letter Start
AN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 10 letters
- 5 unique letters
- AN start
- TION ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- annotation is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x3, A x2, O x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TION ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
noun
A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
noun
A comment added to a text
noun
The process of writing such comment or commentary
noun
Metadata added to a document or program
noun
Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases