melting
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How melting fits the hive
Base Score
7
14 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
E G I L M N T
Two-Letter Start
ME
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Ending
ING
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- 7 letters
- 7 unique letters
- ME start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
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- melting is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
"I melted butter to make a cake."
verb
To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
"His troubles melted away."
verb
To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
verb
To be discouraged.
verb
To be emotionally softened or touched.
"She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card."
verb
To be very hot and sweat profusely.
"I need shade! I'm melting!"
noun
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
noun
The act of softening or mitigating.
adjective
Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
adjective
Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
adjective
That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.
Related Words
Synonyms
- found
- thaw