Is TOEA a valid word?

TOEA is a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, worth one hundredth of a kina; its plural is TOEAS. Coins and money units hide plenty of useful words. TOEA uses an O, an E and an A with one T, so it quietly clears three vowels. Picture a coin with TOE stamped on it, plus an A.

Before any bonus squares: T 1 + O 1 + E 1 + A 1 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the T on a 3L square and TOEA is worth 6 before any word bonus.

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Swap any one letter of TOEA and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters T, O, E and A.

TOEA is a coin of Papua New Guinea, one hundredth of a kina.

• Vowel-heavy words

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