hogging
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When hogging helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G H I N O
Two-Letter Start
HO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- HO start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- hogging is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, h, i, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x3); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the HO start.
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Pronunciation
verb
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
"Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets."
verb
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
verb
To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
verb
To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
verb
To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
noun
The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem.
noun
Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it.
adjective
Drooping at the ends; arching; in distinction from sagging.
Related Words
Same Letters
- honing
Synonyms
- bogart