theme
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When theme helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E H M T
Two-Letter Start
TH
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ME
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TH start
- ME ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- theme is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, h, m, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ME ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TH start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
noun
A recurring idea; a motif.
noun
An essay written for school.
noun
The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
noun
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
noun
The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
noun
(grammar) The stem of a word.
noun
Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
noun
Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
noun
Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
noun
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
verb
To give a theme to.
"We themed the birthday party around superheroes."
verb
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).