avail
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When avail helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A I L V
Two-Letter Start
AV
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- AV start
- IL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- avail is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AV start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
"I tried fixing it, to no avail. Labor, without economy, is of little avail."
noun
Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
noun
An advertising slot or package.
noun
A press avail.
"While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics."
noun
Non-binding notice of availability for work.
noun
A readily available stock of oil.
noun
Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
noun
Effort; striving.
verb
To turn to the advantage of.
"I availed myself of the opportunity."
verb
To be of service to.
"Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment."
verb
To promote; to assist.
verb
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
"Medicines will not avail to halt the disease."
verb
To provide; to make available.