groin
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When groin helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I N O R
Two-Letter Start
GR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IN
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- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- GR start
- IN ending
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- groin is worth 5 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.
- The IN ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GR start.
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Pronunciation
noun
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
noun
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
"He pulled a muscle in his groin."
noun
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
noun
The genitals.
"He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain."
noun
The surface formed by two such vaults.
verb
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
"In the scrum he somehow got groined."
verb
To build with groins.
verb
(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.
"'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen)."
verb
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
noun
An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
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