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annatto
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When annatto helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A N O T
Two-Letter Start
AN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TO
Check this pattern late
- 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 snapshots.
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.