clay
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When clay helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C L Y
Two-Letter Start
CL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AY
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CL start
- AY ending
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- clay is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, l, y plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AY ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CL start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
noun
An earth material with ductile qualities.
noun
A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
"The French Open is played on clay."
noun
The material of the human body.
noun
A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
noun
A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
noun
A clay pigeon.
"We went shooting clays at the weekend."
noun
Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims
"Danzig is rightfully German clay."
verb
To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
verb
(of sugar) To purify using clay.
"1809, Jonathan Williams, On the Process of Claying Sugar, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 6."