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oinking
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When oinking helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I K N O
Two-Letter Start
OI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- OI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- oinking is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, k, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (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 OI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
"The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough."