buffet
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How buffet fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
B E F T U
Two-Letter Start
BU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ET
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- BU start
- ET ending
- repeated letters
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- buffet is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, f, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (F x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ET ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BU start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
noun
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
noun
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
noun
A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
verb
To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
verb
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
verb
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
"to buffet the billows"
verb
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
noun
A low stool; a hassock.
Related Words
Synonyms
- buffetmeal
- smorgasbord
- cupboard
- sideboard
- blow
- collision
- cuff