noodling
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When noodling helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
D G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
NO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- NO start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- noodling is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, g, i, l, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2, O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the NO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To think or ponder.
""Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class."
verb
To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
"If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it."
verb
To improvise music.
"He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful."
verb
To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
"Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river."
verb
To fossick, especially for opals.
noun
The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
noun
Musical improvisation.