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V A B C E L R U
Tylogram for June 16, 2023

words: 86
best score: 2,140 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 1
B x 10
C x 17
E x 4
L x 14
R x 19
U x 4
V x 17

4L x 13
5L x 27
6L x 22
7L x 15
8L x 6
9L x 2
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 1 - - - - - - 1
B - 3 2 3 1 1 - 10
C 2 6 5 2 1 1 - 17
E 2 1 - 1 - - - 4
L 2 7 3 1 1 - - 14
R 1 5 3 7 2 - 1 19
U 1 1 2 - - - - 4
V 4 4 7 1 1 - - 17
tot 13 27 22 15 6 2 1 86

CURVEBALL

word length
AVER       4      
BALACLAVA       9      
BEAVER       6      
BEREAVE       7      
BEREAVER       8      
BEVEL       5      
BEVELER       7      
BRAVA       5      
BRAVE       5      
BRAVER       6      
BRAVURA       7      
CALVE       5      
CALVER       6      
CARAVEL       7      
CARVE       5      
CARVER       6      
CAVA       4      
CAVE       4      
CAVER       5      
CLEAVE       6      
CLEAVER       7      
CLEVER       6      
CLEVERER       8      
CRAVE       5      
CRAVER       6      
CURVE       5      
CURVEBALL       9       pangram
CUVEE       5      
EAVE       4      
ELVER       5      
EVACUEE       7      
EVER       4      
LARVA       5      
LARVAE       6      
LARVAL       6      
LAVA       4      
LAVALAVA       8      
LAVE       4      
LAVER       5      
LEAVE       5      
LEAVER       6      
LEVEE       5      
LEVEL       5      
LEVELER       7      
LEVER       5      
LURVE       5       deprecated in later puzzles
RAVE       4      
RAVEL       5      
RAVELER       7      
RAVER       5      
RECARVE       7      
RECLEAVE       8      
RECURVE       7      
REEVE       5      
RELEVEL       7      
REVALUE       7      
REVEAL       6      
REVEALABLE       10      
REVEALER       8      
REVEL       5      
REVELER       7      
REVERB       6      
REVERE       6      
REVERER       7      
REVUE       5      
UVEA       4      
UVULA       5      
UVULAE       6      
UVULAR       6      
VALE       4      
VALUABLE       8      
VALUE       5      
VALUER       6      
VALVAL       6      
VALVE       5      
VALVULE       7      
VARVEL       6      
VEAL       4      
VEER       4      
VERB       4      
VERBAL       6      
VERVE       5      
VERVEL       6      
VULVA       5      
VULVAL       6      
VULVAR       6      

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