tractor
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When tractor helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C O R T
Two-Letter Start
TR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OR
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- TR start
- OR ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- tractor is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, o, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (R x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OR ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TR start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
noun
A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
noun
Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
noun
An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage
noun
(rail transportation) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
noun
A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
verb
To prepare (land) with a tractor.
verb
To move with a tractor beam.
verb
To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.