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dolor
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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[ˈdoʊlə(ɹ)]
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When dolor helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
D L O R
Two-Letter Start
DO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OR
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DO start
- OR ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- dolor is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, l, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OR ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈdoʊlə(ɹ)]
noun
Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
noun
A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.