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   hoodwink

   /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/

   verb

   • 1. deceive or trick: "staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood1 + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

     5

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