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egghead
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS
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When egghead helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A D E G H
Two-Letter Start
EG
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AD
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- EG start
- AD ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- egghead is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, e, g, h plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2, G x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AD ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the EG start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
A bald person, especially a man.
noun
A bald head.
noun
A coldly out of personal touch intellectual.