lizard
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When lizard helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A D I L R Z
Two-Letter Start
LI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RD
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 6 unique letters
- LI start
- RD ending
Try it when
- lizard is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, l, r, z plus any remaining hive letters.
- The RD 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 reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
noun
(chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
noun
An unctuous person.
noun
A coward.
noun
(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
noun
(in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
"lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard"