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backboard
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9 LETTERS9 POINTS16 AS PANGRAM
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When backboard helps
Base Score
9
16 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A B C D K O R
Two-Letter Start
BA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Check this pattern late
- 9 letters
- 7 unique letters
- BA start
- RD ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- backboard 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.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, B x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
noun
A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
noun
(first aid) A spine board.
noun
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
noun
The port or larboard side of a ship