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carrack
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When carrack helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C K R
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CK
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- CK ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- carrack is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, k, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, C x2, R x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CK ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.