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kilo
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4 LETTERS1 POINT[ˈkiːləʊ]
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When kilo helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
I K L O
Two-Letter Start
KI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LO
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- KI start
- LO ending
Try it when
- kilo is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, k, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- The LO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the KI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈkiːləʊ][ˈkiloʊ]
noun
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg
noun
The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.