fattens
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When fattens helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A E F N S T
Two-Letter Start
FA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NS
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- FA start
- NS ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- fattens is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, e, f, n, s, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NS ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FA start.
verb
To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
"We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving."
verb
(of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
"He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married."
verb
To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money).
verb
To become thick or thicker.
verb
To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
"to fatten land"
verb
To become fertile and fruitful.
Related Words
Same Letters
- fastnesses
- fastness
- fastens
- fatness
- naffest
- fasten
Synonyms
- enrich
- gainweight
- putonweight