dodged
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How dodged fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
D E G O
Two-Letter Start
DO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ED
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DO start
- ED ending
- repeated letters
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- dodged is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, g, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ED ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DO start.
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Definitions
verb
To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
"He dodged traffic crossing the street."
verb
To avoid; to sidestep.
"The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."
verb
To go hither and thither.
verb
(videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
verb
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
verb
To trick somebody.
Related Words
Same Letters
- dogged
- dodge
- geode
- ogeed
- doge
Synonyms
- duck
- evade
- fudge
- shun
- skirt