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seaquakes
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When seaquakes helps
Base Score
9
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A E K Q S U
Two-Letter Start
SE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ES
Check this pattern late
- 9 letters
- 6 unique letters
- SE start
- ES ending
- repeated letters
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- seaquakes is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, e, k, q, s, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, E x2, S x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ES ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the SE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
A hydrostatic pressure disturbance caused by an earthquake or volcano in the seabed.