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nineteen
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS[naɪnˈtiːn]
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When nineteen helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E I N T
Two-Letter Start
NI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EN
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 4 unique letters
- NI start
- EN ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- nineteen is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, n, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x3, N x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EN ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[naɪnˈtiːn][ˈnaɪnˌtin]
numeral
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".