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airball
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS
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When airball helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A B I L R
Two-Letter Start
AI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- AI start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
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- airball is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, i, l, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
"As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball."
verb
To throw an airball