willow
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When willow helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
I L O W
Two-Letter Start
WI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OW
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- WI start
- OW ending
- repeated letters
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- willow is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, l, o, w plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2, W x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OW ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the WI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
noun
Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
noun
The wood of these trees.
noun
A cricket bat.
noun
(1800s) The baseball bat.
noun
A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
verb
To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
verb
To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.
Related Words
Synonyms
- withy