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pigstick

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Is pigstick a Scrabble word?

Yes, pigstick is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of pigstick?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To hunt pigs.Examples: "There were generally enough, however, to pigstick with, hunt jackals, or even wolves at times, and "lark" over the steeplechase course which he had constructed round the* four hundred acre indigo field that was close to the house."; "After the Kadir, three Officers stayed down on leave to pigstick at Meerut, but only one stuck it out to the end of the season, the attraction of Simla and polo at Dehra Dun claiming the other two respectively."; "Firstly, I know a subaltern in a British regiment who plays polo and pigsticks and occasionally shoots big game […]"obsolete

noun (English)

1. (nautical) A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.Examples: "Above the truck there is frequently a slender vertical extension of the mast, called a pigstick."; "Haul away, keeping strain on both parts of the halyard so that the pigstick remains vertical as it goes up and doesn't foul the spreaders."; "Pull the flag up with the hauling part, then tighten the downhaul part to bring the pigstick vertical."

2. (obsolete) An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.Examples: "I send you an account of a pigstick at which I was the other day, if you care to insert it in your Magazine."; "The scene was far more picturesque than any Dutch picture, but the modern unromantic 'pigstick' is an infinitely finer sport than the original 'boar hunt,' and the only way the "gray boar" should meet his death."; "It was at one of these great centres of sport and geniality in the merry month of March that Hamish McTavish decided to espouse the widow McKie, and by way of making it a really big occasion he organised a mammoth pigstick to precede the event […]"obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "pigstick"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "pigstick"?

Scrabble
17 points
P3
I1
G2
S1
T1
I1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
20 points
P4
I1
G3
S1
T1
I1
C4
K5

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