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annatto
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How annatto fits the hive
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
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- 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.
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Definitions
noun
A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
noun
The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
noun
An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
Related Words
Same Letters
- anatto
- tanto
Synonyms
- eb
- achiote
- anatto
- foodcolouring
- lipsticktree
- roucou