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When google helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
E G L O
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LE
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- GO start
- LE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- google is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, g, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2, O 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
verb
To deliver googlies.
verb
To move as a ball in a googly.
noun
An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
noun
A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
"The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word."
verb
To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
"Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends."
verb
(by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
"I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet."
verb
To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
"His name googles."