gauging
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When gauging helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A G I N U
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- GA start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- gauging is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, i, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x3); 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 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
verb
To estimate.
verb
To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
verb
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
verb
To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
verb
To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
noun
Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.
"periodic gaugings of the water level"
noun
The addition of various materials to lime mortar.
noun
A shirring.