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boor
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4 LETTERS1 POINT[bʊə]
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When boor helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
B O R
Two-Letter Start
BO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OR
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- BO start
- OR ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- boor is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OR ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
[bʊə][bʊɹ]
noun
A peasant.
noun
A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
noun
A yokel, country bumpkin.
noun
An uncultured person.