coconut
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When coconut helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
C N O T U
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UT
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- CO start
- UT ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- coconut is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, n, o, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The UT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
noun
A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
noun
The edible white flesh of this fruit.
noun
The coconut palm.
noun
A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside.
noun
A black person who thinks or acts "white" (European).
noun
A Pacific islander.
noun
A female breast.
noun
The human head (often used in cricket broadcasts when a ball hits or nearly hits a batsman on the head).