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rototill
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS[ˈɹoʊ.toʊ.ˌtɪl]
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How rototill fits the hive
Base Score
8
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
I L O R T
Two-Letter Start
RO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 8 letters
- 5 unique letters
- RO start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
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- rototill is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, l, o, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2, O x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the RO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
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Pronunciation
[ˈɹoʊ.toʊ.ˌtɪl]
Definitions
verb
To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.
"We had to rototill the garden before we planted the flowers."
verb
To make extensive and pervasive changes to a piece of code without altering its functionality.