picket
NOUNVERB
/pɪkɪt/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
picket is a valid 6-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3I1C3K5E1T1
3 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING
What does picket mean?
NOUN · 6 SENSES
1
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
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2
A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake.
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3
A wooden strip forming part of a fence.
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4
A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
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5
A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.
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6
A vehicle performing sentinel duty.
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VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Fasten with a picket.
“picket the goat”
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2
Serve as pickets or post pickets.
“picket a business to protest the layoffs”
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