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foodie
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[ˈfuːdi]
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How foodie fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
D E F I O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- FO start
- IE ending
- repeated letters
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- foodie is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, f, i, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FO start.
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Pronunciation
[ˈfuːdi][ˈfuːdi]
Definitions
noun
A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
"We self-professed foodies liked to meet in restaurants and talk like experts about what we were eating."
Related Words
Synonyms
- chowhound
- foodist
- foodista
- gastronaut
- gourmand