weakening
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How weakening fits the hive
Base Score
9
16 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
A E G I K N W
Two-Letter Start
WE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 9 letters
- 7 unique letters
- WE start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- weakening is worth 9 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E 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 WE start.
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Definitions
verb
To make weaker or less strong.
verb
To become weaker or less strong.
noun
An instance or process of loss of strength.
noun
A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.
Related Words
Same Letters
- awakening
- wakening