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carrot
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[ˈkæɹ.ət]
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When carrot helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A C O R T
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OT
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CA start
- OT ending
- repeated letters
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- carrot is worth 6 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); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈkæɹ.ət][ˈkæɹ.ət]
noun
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
noun
A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
noun
Any motivational tool.
verb
To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.