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unkink
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS
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When unkink helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
I K N U
Two-Letter Start
UN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NK
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- UN start
- NK ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- unkink is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, k, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (K x2, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NK ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the UN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To remove the kinks from.