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pintail
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When pintail helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A I L N P T
Two-Letter Start
PI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- PI start
- IL ending
- repeated letters
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- pintail is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, n, p, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the PI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
noun
A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
noun
A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura.
noun
The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete.
noun
A surfboard with a pointed back end.
Related Words
Same Letters
- plantain
- plaint
- pliant
Synonyms
- cracker
- northernpintail
- seapheasant
- sprigtail