canal
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When canal helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C L N
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- AL ending
- repeated letters
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- canal is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, l, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
noun
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
noun
A tubular channel within the body.
noun
One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
verb
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
verb
To travel along a canal by boat
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