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fanciful
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS15 AS PANGRAM[ˈfænsɪfəl]
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How fanciful fits the hive
Base Score
8
15 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A C F I L N U
Two-Letter Start
FA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- FA start
- UL ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- fanciful is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (F x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The UL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
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Pronunciation
[ˈfænsɪfəl][ˈfænsɪfəl][ˈfænsɪfəl]
Definitions
adjective
Imaginative or fantastic.
adjective
Unreal or imagined.