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toffee
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[ˈtɒfi]
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When toffee helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E F O T
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TO start
- EE ending
- repeated letters
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- toffee is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, f, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2, F x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
[ˈtɒfi][ˈtɔfi]
noun
A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
noun
A small, individual piece of toffee
"a box of toffees"
noun
Any kind of sweets; candy
verb
To coat in toffee.