little
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When little helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E I L T
Two-Letter Start
LI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- LI start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- little is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, l, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LI start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A small amount.
"Can I try a little of that sauce?"
adjective
Small in size.
"This is a little table."
adjective
Insignificant, trivial.
"It's of little importance."
adjective
Very young.
"Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?"
adjective
(of a sibling) Younger.
"This is my little sister."
adjective
(also Little) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
adjective
Small in amount or number, having few members.
"little money; little herd"
adjective
Short in duration; brief.
"I feel better after my little sleep."
adjective
Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
adverb
Not much.
"This is a little known fact. She spoke little and listened less."
adverb
Not at all.
"I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in."
pronoun
Not much; not a large amount.
"Little is known about his early life."
Related Words
Same Letters
- tittle
- elite
- title
- lite
- tile
Antonyms
- big
- large
- much