goon
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When goon helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
G N O
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- GO start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- goon is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Pronunciation
noun
A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
noun
A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
noun
An enforcer or fighter.
noun
(WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
noun
A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
noun
A wine flagon or cask.
noun
Cheap or inferior cask wine.
Related Words
Same Letters
- gong
Synonyms
- boxwine
- caskwine