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leone

/liˈoʊn/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

    the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents

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Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
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Used about 4 times in every million words.
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Bonus word It looks like a name or a proper noun, so it stays out of daily answers. It still scores as a bonus word.

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