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annatto

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How annatto fits the hive

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Base Score

7

Before any pangram bonus

Unique Letters

4

A N O T

Two-Letter Start

AN

Useful for systematic scans

Ending

TO

Useful for cleanup scans

  • 7 letters
  • 4 unique letters
  • AN start
  • TO ending
  • repeated letters

Try it when

  • annatto is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
  • It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, n, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
  • Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, N x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
  • The TO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AN start.
  • BuzzyWords has saved this word in 3 published Daily pages.

Definitions

  1. noun

    A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.

  2. noun

    The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.

  3. noun

    An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

Related Words

Same Letters

  • anatto
  • tanto

Synonyms

  • eb
  • achiote
  • anatto
  • foodcolouring
  • lipsticktree
  • roucou

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