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manna
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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[ˈmænə]
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When manna helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A M N
Two-Letter Start
MA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NA
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 3 unique letters
- MA start
- NA ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- manna is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 3 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
[ˈmænə][ˈmænə]
noun
Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
noun
(by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
noun
The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html