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Updated June 2026
A drink of rum, sugar, water, and nutmeg; a variant of bombo.
“The sailors mixed bumbo to pass the evening watch.”
"Bumbo" repeats a letter (4 unique of 5), so it rules out fewer options as an opening guess. Its 2 vowels balance the consonants.
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