billiard
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How billiard fits the hive
Base Score
8
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A B D I L R
Two-Letter Start
BI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Useful for cleanup scans
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- BI start
- RD ending
- repeated letters
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- 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.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
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.
Related Words
Same Letters
- biradial
- railbird
- bridal
- ribald
Synonyms
- quadrillion
- shortscale