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niece
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5 LETTERS5 POINTSniːs
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When niece helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C E I N
Two-Letter Start
NI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CE
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- NI start
- CE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- niece is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, e, i, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
niːsnis
noun
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
"My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday."