buckshot

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8

Definition of buckshot

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
    “Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.”

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Etymology

From buck + shot.

Words you can make from buckshot

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6-letter words

3 words

5-letter words

25 words

4-letter words

52 words

3-letter words

31 words

2-letter words

11 words

Hooks

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