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deviling
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS15 AS PANGRAM
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How deviling fits the hive
Base Score
8
15 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
- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- DE start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- deviling is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DE start.
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Definitions
verb
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
verb
To annoy or bother.
verb
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
verb
To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
noun
A young devil.
Related Words
Same Letters
- inveigled
- delving
Synonyms
- bedevil