lily
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When lily helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
I L Y
Two-Letter Start
LI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LY
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- LI start
- LY ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- lily 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 i, l, y plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LY ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
noun
Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
noun
The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
noun
The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
noun
(usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
noun
The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
adjective
White (as a racial epithet).