heel
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When heel helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
E H L
Two-Letter Start
HE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EL
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- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- HE start
- EL ending
- repeated letters
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- heel is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, h, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the HE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
noun
The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
noun
The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
noun
The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
"He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose."
noun
(usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
noun
The back, upper part of the stock.
noun
The last or lowest part of anything.
"the heel of a mast"
noun
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
noun
The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
noun
A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
noun
A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
noun
The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
noun
Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
noun
The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
noun
(specifically) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
noun
(workman slang) A cyma reversa.
noun
The short side of an angled cut.
noun
The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
noun
The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
noun
In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
verb
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
"She called to her dog to heel."
verb
To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
verb
To kick with the heel.
verb
To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
verb
To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
verb
To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
verb
To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
noun
The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
verb
To incline to one side; to tilt.
verb
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
"This bandage will heal your cut."
verb
To become better or healthy again.
"Bandages allow cuts to heal."
verb
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
"to heal dissensions"
verb
To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
verb
(now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).