corral
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When corral helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C L O R
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CO start
- AL ending
- repeated letters
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- corral is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, l, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (R x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
"We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama."
noun
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
"Please return the shopping carts to the corral."
noun
A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
"The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks."
verb
To capture or round up.
"Between us, we managed to corral the puppy in the kitchen."
verb
To place inside of a corral.
"After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner."
verb
To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
"The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night."