crook
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When crook helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
C K O R
Two-Letter Start
CR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
OK
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CR start
- OK ending
- repeated letters
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- crook is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, k, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The OK ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CR start.
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Pronunciation
noun
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
"She held the baby in the crook of her arm."
noun
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
noun
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
"the crook of a cane"
noun
A lock or curl of hair.
noun
A gibbet.
noun
A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
noun
A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
noun
A bishop's staff of office.
noun
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
noun
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
noun
A pothook.
noun
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
To bend, or form into a hook.
"He crooked his finger toward me."
verb
To become bent or hooked.
verb
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
adjective
Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
"Not turning up for training was pretty crook."
adjective
Ill, sick.
"I′m feeling a bit crook."
adjective
Annoyed, angry; upset.
"be crook at/about; go crook at"
Related Words
Same Letters
- crock
- cork
- rock