iron
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When iron helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
I N O R
Two-Letter Start
IR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- IR start
- ON ending
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- iron is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, n, o, r plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
noun
A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
noun
A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
noun
Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
"wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron"
noun
A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
noun
(usually plural, irons) Shackles.
noun
A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
noun
A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
noun
(shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.
noun
A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
noun
Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
"He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron."
noun
Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
"He lifts iron on the weekends."
noun
A safety curtain in a theatre.
noun
Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
verb
To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
verb
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
verb
To furnish or arm with iron.
"to iron a wagon"
adjective
Made of the metal iron.
adjective
Strong (as of will), inflexible.
"He held on with an iron grip."
Related Words
Same Letters
- noir
- nori
Synonyms
- poof
- queer
- ferrum
- shackles
- energy
- force
- clothesiron
- flatiron
- smoothingiron
- press
- adamant
- adamantine