belie
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When belie helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
B E I L
Two-Letter Start
BE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IE
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BE start
- IE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- belie is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
verb
To lie around; encompass.
verb
(of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
verb
To tell lies about.
verb
To give a false representation of.
verb
To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
"Her obvious nervousness belied what she said."
verb
To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
"His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt."
verb
To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
verb
To mimic; to counterfeit.
verb
To fill with lies.