loco
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How loco fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
C L O
Two-Letter Start
LO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CO
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- LO start
- CO ending
- repeated letters
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- loco 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 c, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the LO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
adverb
A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun
A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb
To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
verb
(by extension) To render insane.
adjective
Crazy.
adjective
Intoxicated by eating locoweed.
noun
A locomotive.
Related Words
Same Letters
- cool
Synonyms
- locoweed
- peastruck