hill
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When hill helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
H I L
Two-Letter Start
HI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- HI start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- hill is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include h, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the HI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
"The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east."
noun
A sloping road.
"You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up."
noun
A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
noun
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
"a hill of corn or potatoes"
noun
The pitcher’s mound.
verb
To form into a heap or mound.
verb
To heap or draw earth around plants.