filing
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When filing helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
F G I L N
Two-Letter Start
FI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- FI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- filing is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, g, i, l, n plus any remaining hive 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 FI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
verb
To commit (official papers) to some office.
verb
To place in an archive in a logical place and order
verb
To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
verb
(with for) To submit a formal request to some office.
"She filed for divorce the next day."
verb
To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
verb
To move in a file.
"The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full."
verb
To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
"I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring."
verb
To defile
verb
To corrupt
noun
Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
"The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part."
noun
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
noun
Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.