dollar
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When dollar helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A D L O R
Two-Letter Start
DO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AR
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- DO start
- AR ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- dollar is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, l, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The AR ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
noun
(by extension) Money generally.
noun
A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)