pick: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 12 letter points · starts with P · ends with K
Meaning of pick
noun
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- slang
An anchor.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
Listed forms: picks.
Source: Wiktionary — pick.
verb
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Example: Don't pick at that scab.
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
Example: It's time to pick the tomatoes.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
Example: She picked flowers in the meadow.
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
Example: to pick rags
Listed forms: picks, picking, picked, glossary, pickest.
Source: Wiktionary — pick.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for pick.
noun
the person or thing chosen or selected
noun
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
noun
the best people or things in a group
noun
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pick
P(3) + I(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of pick
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from pick
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pick. Showing up to 24, longest first.