Disputed
halation
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS15 AS PANGRAM[həˈleɪʃən]
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When halation helps
Base Score
8
15 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A H I L N O T
Two-Letter Start
HA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- HA start
- TION ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- halation 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 (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TION ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the HA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[həˈleɪʃən][həˈleɪʃən]
noun
The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo.
noun
The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.