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fondling
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8 LETTERS8 POINTS15 AS PANGRAM
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How fondling fits the hive
Base Score
8
15 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D F G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
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- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- FO start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- fondling is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FO start.
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Definitions
noun
A foolish person.
noun
A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
verb
To touch or stroke lovingly.
"Mothers fondle their babies."
verb
To grasp.
"The lovers fondled each other."
noun
The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
Related Words
Same Letters
- flooding
- folding
Synonyms
- clutch
- grab
- nim
- dandle
- pet
- touchup