milling
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How milling fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I L M N
Two-Letter Start
MI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- MI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- milling is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, l, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
"to mill flour"
verb
To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
verb
To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
verb
(followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
"I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops."
verb
To cause to mill, or circle around.
"to mill cattle"
verb
(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
verb
(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
verb
To beat; to pound.
verb
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
verb
To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
verb
To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
verb
To undergo hulling.
"This maize mills well."
verb
To take part in a fistfight; to box.
verb
To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
verb
(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.
verb
(trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
verb
(Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
noun
A grinding process using a mill.
noun
The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
noun
A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
Related Words
Same Letters
- mingling
- limning
Synonyms
- roam
- wander
- burn