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googly
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[ˈɡʉːɡli]
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When googly helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
G L O Y
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LY
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- GO start
- LY ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- googly is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, l, o, y plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LY ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
[ˈɡʉːɡli][ˈɡʉːɡli][ˈɡuɡli]
noun
A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
adjective
(of the eyes) Bulging.
adjective
(usually of eyes, sometimes of persons) Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.
Related Words
Same Letters
- goggly
- golly
- logy
Synonyms
- bosey
- bosie
- wrongun