dial
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When dial helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D I L
Two-Letter Start
DI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DI start
- AL ending
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- dial is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
noun
A clock face.
noun
A sundial.
noun
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
noun
A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
noun
A person's face.
noun
A miner's compass.
verb
To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
"President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."
verb
To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
"In an emergency dial 999."
verb
To use a dial or a telephone.
"Please be careful when dialling."