Hanking
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of hank, meaning coiling or winding material such as yarn, rope, or cord into a loop or skein.
“The sailor spent the afternoon hanking the lines neatly on deck before the voyage.”
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Contains NK cluster in the middle followed by ING, the K is the key letter to guess
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K scores five points and raises the value of this otherwise common-letter word significantly
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