garnish
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When garnish helps
Base Score
7
14 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A G H I N R S
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
SH
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 7 unique letters
- GA start
- SH ending
- pangram-shaped
Try it when
- garnish is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- The SH ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GA start.
Pronunciation
noun
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
noun
Pewter vessels in general.
noun
Something added for embellishment.
noun
Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
noun
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
noun
Fetters.
noun
A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
noun
Cash.
verb
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
verb
To ornament with something placed around it.
"a dish garnished with parsley"
verb
To furnish; to supply.
verb
To fit with fetters; to fetter.
verb
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
verb
To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
Related Words
Same Letters
- garnishing
- harassing
- sharing
Synonyms
- decoration
- ornament