troll
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When troll helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
L O R T
Two-Letter Start
TR
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- TR start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- troll is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include l, o, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the TR start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
noun
An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences.
noun
Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops.
noun
An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
noun
A person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption.
verb
To saunter.
verb
To trundle, to roll from side to side.
verb
To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.
verb
(by extension) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait.
verb
To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
verb
To fish in; to try to catch fish from.
verb
To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner.
"He spends most of his waking hours trolling on WIRE."
verb
(to post inflammatory material so as) to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption, especially in an online community or discussion
verb
(by extension) To incite anger (including outside of an Internet context); to provoke, harass or annoy.
noun
The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
noun
A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
noun
A trolley.
verb
To move circularly; to roll; to turn.
verb
To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
verb
To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way.