mile
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When mile helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E I L M
Two-Letter Start
MI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- MI start
- LE ending
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- mile is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, l, m plus any remaining hive letters.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
noun
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
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Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
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The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
noun
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
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(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
noun
Any similarly large distance.
"The shot missed by a mile."
noun
A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
"The runners competed in the mile."
noun
One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
"five miles over the speed limit"