navigating
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How navigating fits the hive
Base Score
10
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
A G I N T V
Two-Letter Start
NA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 10 letters
- 6 unique letters
- NA start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- navigating is worth 10 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, i, n, t, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (A x2, 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 NA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
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Definitions
verb
To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
"He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr."
verb
To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
"You drive. I'll navigate."
verb
To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
"We navigated to France in the dinghy."
verb
To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
"It was difficult to navigate back to the home page."
verb
To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
Related Words
Same Letters
- titivating
- vitiating
- aviating