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About nine.
You need 8 toothpicks to spell the word HAT by using one toothpick for each letter and five toothpicks to form the 'A' by overlapping two toothpicks for each leg.
It would require 5 toothpicks to spell the word "hat." The letter "h" would use 2 toothpicks, the letter "a" would use 2 toothpicks, and the letter "t" would use 1 toothpick.
You make the number "10" with the 9 toothpicks or spell out "ten" with the 9 toothpicks.
I think seven. F = 3 I = 1 N = 3 therefore it equals seven.
it is eight thoothpicks
3+1+1=5 5 toothpicks
8 c-3, a-3,t-2
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The proper arrangement will spell "LOLLY."