diet
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Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
D E I T
Two-Letter Start
DI
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Ending
ET
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DI start
- ET ending
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- diet 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 d, e, i, t plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
noun
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
"The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo."
noun
A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
noun
(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
"He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years."
adjective
(of a food or beverage) Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.
"diet soda"
adjective
Having certain traits subtracted.
"You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal."
verb
To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
verb
To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
"I've been dieting for six months, and have lost some weight."
verb
To eat; to take one's meals.
verb
To cause to take food; to feed.
noun
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
"They were given representation of some important diet committees."
noun
A session of exams
noun
The proceedings under a criminal libel.
noun
A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
"a diet of worship"