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catboat
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS
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When catboat helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A B C O T
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AT
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- AT ending
- repeated letters
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- catboat is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, c, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AT 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 sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.