folio
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When folio helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
F I L O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IO
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- FO start
- IO ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- folio is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, i, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A leaf of a book or manuscript
noun
A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
noun
A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
noun
A sheet of paper folded in half.
noun
(books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
"A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio."
noun
A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
noun
(19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
noun
A wrapper for loose papers.
verb
To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page