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barbacoa
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS
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When barbacoa helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A B C O R
Two-Letter Start
BA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OA
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 5 unique letters
- BA start
- OA ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- barbacoa is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, c, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x3, B x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.