dodge
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When dodge helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
D E G O
Two-Letter Start
DO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
GE
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DO start
- GE ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- dodge is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, g, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The GE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
An act of dodging.
noun
A trick, evasion or wile.
noun
A line of work.
verb
To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
"He dodged traffic crossing the street."
verb
To avoid; to sidestep.
"The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."
verb
To go hither and thither.
verb
(videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
verb
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
verb
To trick somebody.
adjective
Dodgy