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kinging
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When kinging helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
G I K N
Two-Letter Start
KI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 4 unique letters
- KI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- kinging is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, k, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2, 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 KI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
verb
To rule over as king.
verb
To perform the duties of a king.
verb
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
verb
To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
verb
To dress and perform as a drag king.