winking
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How winking fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I K N W
Two-Letter Start
WI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- WI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- winking is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, k, n, w 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 WI start.
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Definitions
verb
To close one's eyes in sleep.
verb
To close one's eyes.
verb
Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
verb
To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
verb
To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
"He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent."
verb
To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
noun
The act of someone who winks.
Related Words
Synonyms
- connive
- shutoneseyes
- nictitate