bobbed
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When bobbed helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
B D E O
Two-Letter Start
BO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ED
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BO start
- ED ending
- repeated letters
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- bobbed is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, d, e, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (B x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ED ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
verb
To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
"The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water."
verb
To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
"I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish."
verb
To curtsy.
verb
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
verb
To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
"I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?"
verb
To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
verb
To bobsleigh.
Related Words
Same Letters
- boded
- booed
- bode