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attic
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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[ˈætɪk]
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When attic helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C I T
Two-Letter Start
AT
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IC
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- AT start
- IC ending
- repeated letters
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- attic is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, i, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IC ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the AT start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈætɪk]
noun
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
"We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes."