towel
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When towel helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
E L O T W
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EL
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- TO start
- EL ending
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- towel is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, l, o, t, w plus any remaining hive letters.
- The EL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.
verb
To hit with a towel.
verb
To dry by using a towel.
"He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry."
verb
To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
verb
To beat with a stick.
Related Words
Same Letters
- towelette
- owlet