lively
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When lively helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
E I L V Y
Two-Letter Start
LI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LY
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- LI start
- LY ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- lively is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, l, v, 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 page.
Pronunciation
noun
Term of address.
adjective
Full of life; energetic.
adjective
Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
adjective
Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
adjective
Representing life; lifelike.
adjective
Airy; animated; spirited.
adjective
(of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
adverb
Vigorously.
adverb
Vibrantly, vividly.
adverb
In a lifelike manner.
Related Words
Same Letters
- evilly
- vilely
Synonyms
- extant
- live
- vital
- frothy
- spumescent
- frisky
- peppy
- zestful
- lifey
- limned
- naturalistic
- intense