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billiard
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS[ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d]
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When billiard helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A B D I L R
Two-Letter Start
BI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- BI start
- RD ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- billiard is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, d, i, l, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d][ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d][ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d]
noun
A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
noun
Pertaining to the game of billiards.
"a billiard table; a billiard ball"
noun
A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
numeral
1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.