imagining
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How imagining fits the hive
Base Score
9
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
A G I M N
Two-Letter Start
IM
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 9 letters
- 5 unique letters
- IM start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- imagining is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, i, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x3, G x2, N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the IM start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Definitions
verb
To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
"Try to imagine a pink elephant."
verb
To believe in something created by one's own mind.
"She imagined that the man wanted to kill her."
verb
To assume
"I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight."
verb
To conjecture or guess
"I cannot even imagine what you are up to!"
verb
To use one's imagination
"Imagine that we were siblings."
verb
To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
noun
Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
Related Words
Same Letters
- managing
- manganin
- imaging
- maiming
- manning
- aiming
- gaming
- naming
- gamin
Synonyms
- ween