feel
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How feel fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
E F L
Two-Letter Start
FE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- FE start
- EL ending
- repeated letters
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- feel is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, f, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FE start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A quality of an object experienced by touch.
"Bark has a rough feel."
noun
A vague mental impression.
"You should get a feel of the area before moving in."
noun
An act of fondling.
"She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me."
noun
A vague understanding.
"I'm getting a feel for what you mean."
noun
An intuitive ability.
"She has a feel for music."
noun
Alternative form of feeling.
"I know that feel."
verb
(heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
verb
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
verb
To be or become aware of.
verb
To experience the consequences of.
"Feel my wrath!"
verb
To seem (through touch or otherwise).
"It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic."
verb
To understand.
"I don't want you back here, ya feel me?"
adjective
Much; many.
adverb
Greatly, much, very
"For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere. ― Hakluyts Voyages."
pronoun
Many (of).
Related Words
Same Letters
- fell
- flee