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petechia
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS15 AS PANGRAM[pɪˈtiːkɪə]
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When petechia helps
Base Score
8
15 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A C E H I P T
Two-Letter Start
PE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IA
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- PE start
- IA ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- petechia is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the PE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
[pɪˈtiːkɪə]
noun
A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
Related Words
Same Letters
- apathetic
- pathetic
- hepatic