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leonine
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS[ˈliːənaɪ̯n]
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When leonine helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
E I L N O
Two-Letter Start
LE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NE
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- LE start
- NE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- leonine is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, l, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈliːənaɪ̯n][ˈliːənaɪ̯n]
noun
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
"His leonine face scared the young children."
noun
A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.