teeming
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How teeming fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
6
E G I M N T
Two-Letter Start
TE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 6 unique letters
- TE start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- teeming is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include e, g, i, m, n, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TE start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To be stocked to overflowing.
verb
To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
"Fish teem in this pond."
verb
To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
verb
To empty.
verb
To pour (especially with rain)
verb
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
verb
To think fit.
adjective
Abundantly filled with especially living things.
adjective
Referring to large quantities of rain.
Related Words
Same Letters
- emitting
- meeting
- meting