gain
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When gain helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A G I N
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IN
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- GA start
- IN ending
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- gain is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, i, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IN ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
The act of gaining; acquisition.
noun
What is gained.
noun
The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
verb
To acquire possession of.
"Looks like you've gained a new friend."
verb
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
"The sick man gains daily."
verb
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
"to gain a battle; to gain a case at law"
verb
To increase.
verb
To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
"I'm gaining (on you)."
verb
To reach.
"to gain the top of a mountain"
verb
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
verb
To put on weight.
"I've been gaining."
verb
(of a clock or watch) To run fast.
preposition
Against.
adjective
Straight, direct; near; short.
"the gainest way"
adjective
Suitable; convenient; ready.
adjective
Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
adjective
Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
adverb
Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
adverb
Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
adverb
Tolerably; fairly.
"gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)"
noun
A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.