impending
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How impending fits the hive
Base Score
9
16 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D E G I M N P
Two-Letter Start
IM
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 9 letters
- 7 unique letters
- IM start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- impending is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I 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.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
verb
Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
verb
To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
verb
To pay.
noun
Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
adjective
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
"I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline."
Related Words
Same Letters
- impeding
- impinged
Synonyms
- imminent
- intheoffing
- proximate