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When toggle helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
E G L O T
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- TO start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
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- toggle is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, g, l, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
noun
(in particular) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
noun
A toggle switch.
noun
An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
noun
A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
noun
(skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
verb
To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
"Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off."
verb
To switch between alternate states.
"You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C."
verb
To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.