knitting
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When knitting helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I K N T
Two-Letter Start
KN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 5 unique letters
- KN start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- knitting is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, k, n, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, N x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the KN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
verb
To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
"The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers."
verb
To join closely and firmly together.
"The fight for survival knitted the men closely together."
verb
To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
verb
To grow together.
"All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border."
verb
To combine from various elements.
"The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay."
verb
Of bones: to heal following a fracture.
"I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit."
verb
To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
verb
To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
noun
The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.
"I find knitting very relaxing."
noun
Material that has been, or is being knitted.
"She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone."
noun
Overhead electrification wires, OHLE