cutout
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When cutout helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C O T U
Two-Letter Start
CU
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UT
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CU start
- UT ending
- repeated letters
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- cutout is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, o, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2, U x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The UT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CU start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
noun
A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
"a dress with cut-out sides"
noun
A piece cut out of something.
noun
A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
noun
Clip art.
noun
Any of several devices that halts the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
noun
A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
noun
A railway cutting.
noun
The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.