potato
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How potato fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A O P T
Two-Letter Start
PO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TO
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- PO start
- TO ending
- repeated letters
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- potato is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, o, p, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The TO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the PO start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
noun
A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
noun
A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
noun
A mentally handicapped person.
noun
An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.
Related Words
Same Letters
- atop
Synonyms
- ptater
- spud
- tater
- tatie
- tator
- irishfruit
- bogorange
- earthapple
- murphy