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nagana
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS
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When nagana helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A G N
Two-Letter Start
NA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NA
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 3 unique letters
- NA start
- NA ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- nagana is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x3, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
noun
A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.