radii
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How radii fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D I R
Two-Letter Start
RA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
II
Useful for cleanup scans
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- RA start
- II ending
- repeated letters
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- radii is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The II ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the RA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
noun
The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
noun
One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.
noun
A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
noun
The length of this line segment.
noun
Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.
Related Words
Same Letters
- arid
- raid
Synonyms
- r