gaming
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How gaming fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A G I M N
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- GA start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- gaming is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, i, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To gamble.
verb
To play card games, board games, or video games.
verb
To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
"We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system."
verb
(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
noun
The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.
noun
Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
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