rondo
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When rondo helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
D N O R
Two-Letter Start
RO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
DO
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- RO start
- DO ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- rondo is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, n, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The DO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the RO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
noun
A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
noun
A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
noun
A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
noun
A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.
noun
A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Related Words
Same Letters
- donor