notional
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When notional helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A I L N O T
Two-Letter Start
NO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- NO start
- AL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- notional is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
A fake company used as a front in espionage.
adjective
Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
adjective
Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
"This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture."
adjective
Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
adjective
Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount