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teff
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4 LETTERS1 POINT[tɛf]
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When teff helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
E F T
Two-Letter Start
TE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
FF
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- TE start
- FF ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- teff 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 e, f, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (F x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The FF ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
[tɛf]
noun
A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
noun
The fine grain of this plant.
Related Words
Same Letters
- effete
- feet
- fete