goof
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How goof fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
F G O
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OF
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- GO start
- OF ending
- repeated letters
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- goof 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, g, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OF ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A mistake or error.
"I made a goof in that last calculation."
noun
A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
"Your little brother is a total goof."
noun
A child molester.
verb
To make a mistake.
"It's my fault. I goofed."
verb
To engage in mischief.
"We were just goofing by painting the neighbor's cat green."
Related Words
Synonyms
- blooper
- booboo
- error
- fauxpas
- fluff
- gaffe
- lapse
- mistake
- slip
- stumble
- thinko