wiring
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When wiring helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I N R W
Two-Letter Start
WI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 5 unique letters
- WI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- wiring is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, n, r, w plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I 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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verb
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
"We need to wire that hole in the fence."
verb
To string on a wire.
"wire beads"
verb
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
"Do you know how to wire a plug?"
verb
To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
"I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
verb
(usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
"There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired."
verb
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
"The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station."
verb
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
"Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."
verb
To install eavesdropping equipment.
"We wired the suspect's house."
verb
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
verb
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
noun
A mass of electric wires.
Related Words
Same Letters
- wringing
- wring
Synonyms
- electrify
- cable
- telegraph
Antonyms
- unwire