billion
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How billion fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
B I L N O
Two-Letter Start
BI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- BI start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
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- billion is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, i, l, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BI start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
(modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
noun
(British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
noun
An unspecified very large number.
"There were billions of people at the concert."
Related Words
Synonyms
- trillion
- milliard
- thousandmillion