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locally
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When locally helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C L O Y
Two-Letter Start
LO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ALLY
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- LO start
- ALLY ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- locally is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, l, o, y plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ALLY ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
adverb
With respect to place; in place.
"These things are locally separated."
adverb
In or from the local area.
"In this shop we only sell products farmed locally."
adverb
In a restricted part of the body.
"To be applied locally"
adverb
Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
"locally Euclidean"