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tobacco
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS[təˈbækoʊ]
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When tobacco helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A B C O T
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CO
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- TO start
- CO ending
- repeated letters
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- tobacco is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, c, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CO ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[təˈbækoʊ][təˈbækoʊ]
noun
Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
noun
Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
noun
A variety of tobacco.
"Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars."
verb
To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
verb
To treat with tobacco.