headed
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When headed helps
Base Score
6
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D E H
Two-Letter Start
HE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ED
Check this pattern late
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- HE start
- ED ending
- repeated letters
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- headed is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, e, h plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (D x2, E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ED ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the HE start.
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Pronunciation
adjective
Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
adjective
(in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
"a large-headed caricature of a politician"
adjective
(in combination) Heading in a certain direction.
"southward-headed caravans"
verb
To be in command of. (See also head up.)
"Who heads the board of trustees?"
verb
To come at the beginning of; to commence.
"A group of clowns headed the procession."
verb
To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
verb
To move in a specified direction.
"How does the ship head?"
verb
To remove the head from a fish.
"The salmon are first headed and then scaled."
verb
To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
verb
To form a head.
"This kind of cabbage heads early."
verb
To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
"to head a nail"
verb
To cut off the top of; to lop off.
"to head trees"
verb
To behead; to decapitate.
verb
To go in front of.
"to head a drove of cattle"
verb
To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
"The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."
verb
(by extension) To check or restrain.
verb
To set on the head.
"to head a cask"
Related Words
Same Letters
- deadheaded
- deadhead
- ahead
- hade
- head