inspire
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When inspire helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
E I N P R S
Two-Letter Start
IN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RE
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- IN start
- RE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- inspire is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, i, n, p, r, s plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The RE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the IN start.
Pronunciation
verb
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
verb
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
"Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue."
verb
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
verb
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
verb
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
verb
To spread rumour indirectly.
Related Words
Same Letters
- preppiness
- prissiness
- piperines
- reserpine
- inspirer
- inspires
- ripeness
- snippier
- spinners
- erepsin
- nippers
- repines
Synonyms
- beghast
Antonyms
- expire