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fringing
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When fringing helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
F G I N R
Two-Letter Start
FR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 5 unique letters
- FR start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- fringing is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, g, i, n, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2, I x2, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FR start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To decorate with fringe.
verb
To serve as a fringe.
noun
A fringe or border.
noun
The appearance of false colours in an image as the result of poor registration of component monochrome images.
noun
Any anomalous electric or magnetic effect at the edges of a region.
adjective
That fringes.