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diddling
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When diddling helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
D G I L N
Two-Letter Start
DI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 5 unique letters
- DI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- diddling is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, g, i, l, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x3, I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To cheat; to swindle.
verb
To have sex with.
verb
To masturbate (especially of women).
verb
To waste time.
verb
To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
verb
To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).