carrot
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How carrot fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C O R T
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OT
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- OT ending
- repeated letters
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- carrot is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, o, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (R x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
noun
A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
noun
Any motivational tool.
verb
To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
Related Words
Same Letters
- attractor
- tractor
- cottar
- trocar
- actor