Have a Gin
Focusing too much on -ING words is a dubious tactic. Although it is true that the -ING option is easy to spot it is not quite as playable as some other alternatives. If you have to hook the end of a 7 letter word onto something, G is not the most flexible letter.
So it is not recommended to try too hard to get GIN on your rack. However, they are not uncommon letters so they crop up sometimes without you even trying. It is therefore useful to know some of the bonus words that contain those letters even if they do not end in -ING
A Grade Challenge
You have spotted some 8 letter -ING words but sadly the letter on the board is in the wrong place to let you play the obvious word. Can you spot the alternative play with each combination?
R I V A L I N G
S P A W N I N G
H U S T L I N G
P A T C H I N G
B O O S T I N G
Maybe some B and C graders might want to have a go at this challenge as all the words are normal enough that I did not need to put any meanings on the answers. But can you spot them when they are not an -ING word?
B & C Grade Study List
The 14 words to learn today are 7 letter bingos that:
1) Contain the letters GIN but do not end in -ING
2) Don’t have another anagram.
3) Are high probability for you to get on your rack.
4) Are not words you would find in common speech.
AGENISE To treat flour with a chemical for bleaching
AGNISED To have acknowledged something
ANERGIA Lack of energy
EPIGEAN Coming close to the ground
EUGENIA A genus of tropical trees and shrubs
GANOINE A hard shiny substance resembling enamel
GLENOID Shaped like a socket
GREISEN A rock composed of quartz and mica
LENTIGO A freckle. The plural is LENTIGINES
NEGRONI An alcoholic beverage
ORIGANE Wild marjoram - a herb
RANGOLI A Hindu pattern of coloured sand and rice flour
REGINAE One of the plurals of REGINA – a queen
TENTIGO Morbid lasciviousness
Answers to A Grade Challenge
VIRGINAL
WINGSPAN
SUNLIGHT
NIGHTCAP
BONGOIST
Happy Scrabbling
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