fool
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When fool helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
F L O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- FO start
- OL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- fool is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OL 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 person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
"The village fool threw his own shoes down the well."
noun
A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
noun
Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
noun
Buddy, dude, man.
noun
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
"an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool"
noun
(often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
verb
To trick; to deceive
verb
To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
adjective
Foolish.