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unkinking
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When unkinking helps
Base Score
9
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I K N U
Two-Letter Start
UN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 9 letters
- 5 unique letters
- UN start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- unkinking is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, k, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x3, I x2, K x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the UN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
verb
To remove the kinks from.