Escudo
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The former basic monetary unit of Portugal, equal to 100 centavos, which was replaced by the euro in 2002.
“The collector kept a worn escudo coin as a memento of his travels through Lisbon in the 1980s.”
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Syllables
es·cu·do
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Ends in UDO with two vowels bunched at the end, and starts ESC making the first three letters easy to confirm
Scrabble
Worth 9 points with no premium tiles, but as a rare currency term it can catch opponents off guard
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