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onion
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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[ˈʌŋjɪn]
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When onion helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
I N O
Two-Letter Start
ON
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 3 unique letters
- ON start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- onion is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the ON start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 3 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
[ˈʌŋjɪn][ˈʌnjən][ˈʌnjən]
noun
A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
noun
The bulb of such a plant.
noun
The genus as a whole.
noun
A ball.
noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.