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windmilled
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10 LETTERS10 POINTS17 AS PANGRAM
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When windmilled helps
Base Score
10
17 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D E I L M N W
Two-Letter Start
WI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ED
Check this pattern late
- 10 letters
- 7 unique letters
- WI start
- ED ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
Try it when
- windmilled is worth 10 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 (D x2, I x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ED ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the WI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To rotate with a sweeping motion.
"She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee."
verb
Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
"The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall."