avalanche
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How avalanche fits the hive
Base Score
9
16 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A C E H L N V
Two-Letter Start
AV
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
HE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 9 letters
- 7 unique letters
- AV start
- HE ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- avalanche is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
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- The HE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AV start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
noun
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
verb
To descend like an avalanche.
verb
To come down upon; to overwhelm.
"The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers."
verb
To propel downward like an avalanche.
Related Words
Synonyms
- barrage
- blitz
- snowslide
- snowslip