Disputed
touraco
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7 LETTERS7 POINTS
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When touraco helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C O R T U
Two-Letter Start
TO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CO
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- TO start
- CO ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- touraco is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, o, r, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (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.
noun
Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest.