goring
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When goring helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I N O R
Two-Letter Start
GO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- GO start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- goring is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, n, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GO start.
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verb
(of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
"The bull gored the matador."
verb
To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
verb
To cut in a triangular form.
verb
To provide with a gore.
"to gore an apron"
noun
The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
noun
A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
adjective
Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
Related Words
Same Letters
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