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agama
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When agama helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A G M
Two-Letter Start
AG
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
MA
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 3 unique letters
- AG start
- MA ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- agama is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, m plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The MA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AG start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
noun
Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.