animal
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When animal helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A I L M N
Two-Letter Start
AN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- AN start
- AL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- animal is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."
noun
In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
noun
In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
noun
A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
"My students are animals."
noun
A person of a particular type.
"He's a political animal."
noun
Matter, thing.
"a whole different animal"
adjective
Of or relating to animals.
"animal instincts"
adjective
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
"animal passions"
adjective
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
adjective
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