delving
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How delving fits the hive
Base Score
7
14 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D E G I L N V
Two-Letter Start
DE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 7 unique letters
- DE start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
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- delving is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
verb
To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
verb
To dig, to excavate.
noun
The act of one who delves.
noun
The shaking of tin ore in a sieve held underwater so that the waste flows out, leaving the tin behind.
Related Words
Same Letters
- inveigled
- deviling
Synonyms
- dig
- investigate
- research