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gobble
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6 LETTERS6 POINTS[ˈɡɒbl̩]
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When gobble helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
B E G L O
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- GO start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- gobble is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, g, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (B x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[ˈɡɒbl̩][ˈɡɑbl̩]
noun
Fellatio; blowjob
noun
An act of eating hastily or greedily.
verb
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
"He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes."
noun
The sound of a turkey.
noun
A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.
verb
To make the sound of a turkey.