ringing
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When ringing helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
G I N R
Two-Letter Start
RI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 4 unique letters
- RI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- ringing is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, n, r plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (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 RI start.
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Pronunciation
verb
To enclose or surround.
"The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."
verb
To make an incision around; to girdle.
"They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."
verb
To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
"We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."
verb
To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
"to ring a pig’s snout"
verb
To rise in the air spirally.
verb
To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
verb
Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
"The bells were ringing in the town."
verb
To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
"The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."
verb
To produce (a sound) by ringing.
"They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells."
verb
To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
"Whose mobile phone is ringing?"
verb
Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
"That does not ring true."
verb
To telephone (someone).
"I will ring you when we arrive."
verb
To resound, reverberate, echo.
verb
To produce music with bells.
verb
To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
noun
The sound of something that rings.
noun
The quality of being resonant.
noun
A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
noun
The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.
adjective
Loud and clear.
adjective
Made forcefully; powerful.
Related Words
Same Letters
- grinning
- rigging
- nigiri
- grin
- ring
Synonyms
- banding