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annihilation
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12 LETTERS12 POINTS19 AS PANGRAM[əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən]
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When annihilation helps
Base Score
12
19 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A H I L N O T
Two-Letter Start
AN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 12 letters
- 7 unique letters
- AN start
- TION ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- annihilation is worth 12 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x3, N x3, A 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 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən]
noun
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence
noun
The act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it
"the annihilation of a corporation"
noun
The state of being annihilated.
noun
The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.