hinge

1. A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.

2. A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend.

3. A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close.

4. A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album.

5. A jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns.

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1. To be contingent on a single consideration or point .

2. To attach by or furnish with .

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1. To be contingent on a single factor; depend: This plan hinges on her approval.

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1. To attach by or equip with or as if with hinges or a hinge.

2. To consider or make (something) dependent on something else; predicate: "convenient and misleading fictions for hinging an argument” ( Stephen Jay Gould).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hinge	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
en	2
ne	2
in	2
hi	5
he	5
gi	3
eh	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ghi	7
gie	4
gin	4
gen	4
hen	6
hie	6
hin	6
eng	4
neg	4

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gien	5
nigh	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hinge	9
neigh	9