tint
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When tint helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
I N T
Two-Letter Start
TI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NT
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- TI start
- NT ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- tint is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, n, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
noun
A slight coloring.
noun
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
"Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints."
noun
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
verb
To shade, to color.