longing
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How longing fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
LO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- LO start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- longing is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, l, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (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 LO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To take a long position in.
verb
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
"She longed for him to come back."
verb
To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
verb
To belong.
noun
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
noun
The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise
Related Words
Same Letters
- goggling
- googling
- logging
- lolling
- logion
- ogling
- oiling
- lingo
- login
Synonyms
- ache
- yearn
- yearning