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loonie
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS
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When loonie helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
E I L N O
Two-Letter Start
LO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- LO start
- IE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- loonie is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, l, n, 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 LO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
The Canadian dollar (both the coin and the monetary unit).