gang
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When gang helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A G N
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
NG
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- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- GA start
- NG ending
- repeated letters
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- gang is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, g, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (G x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The NG ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
verb
To go; walk; proceed.
noun
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
"The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night."
noun
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
"a gang of sailors; a railroad gang"
noun
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
"a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang."
noun
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
"The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets."
noun
A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
"Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster."
noun
A chain gang.
noun
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
"a gang of saws; a gang of plows."
noun
A set; all required for an outfit.
"a new gang of stays."
noun
(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
"an outlet gang box; a double gang switch."
noun
(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
"Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet."
noun
A going, journey; a course, path, track.
noun
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
verb
(obsolete outside Northumbria) To go.
verb
To participate in a gangbang.
"We all got to gangbang the porn star."
verb
To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.
verb
To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.
"It broke my heart to see him out there gangbanging."
noun
The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.