tool
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When tool helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
L O T
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- TO start
- OL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- tool 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 l, o, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
"Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine."
noun
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
"These are the tools of the trade."
noun
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
noun
A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
"The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk"
noun
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
"He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her."
noun
Penis.
noun
(by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.
"He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool."
verb
To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
verb
To equip with tools.
verb
To work very hard.
verb
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
"Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you."
verb
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
verb
To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
verb
To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
verb
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.