Pitches

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:15 pts7 letters
Definition of Pitches

noun

  1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

    "It is hard to get this pitch off my hand."

  2. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

    "It was pitch black because there was no moon."

  3. Pitchstone.

verb

  1. To cover or smear with pitch.
  2. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

noun

  1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.

    "a good pitch in quoits"

  2. The act of pitching a baseball.

    "The pitch was low and inside."

  3. The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.

    "The teams met on the pitch."

  4. An effort to sell or promote something.

    "He gave me a sales pitch."

  5. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.

    "A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning."

verb

  1. To throw.

    "He pitched the horseshoe."

  2. To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
  3. To play baseball in the position of pitcher.

    "Bob pitches today."

  4. To throw away; discard.

    "He pitched the candy wrapper."

  5. To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

    "He pitched the idea for months with no takers."

noun

  1. The perceived frequency of a sound or note.

    "The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians."

  2. In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.

    "Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start."

verb

  1. To produce a note of a given pitch.
  2. To fix or set the tone of.
Anagrams of Pitches

No exact anagrams found for "pitches". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Pitches"

Pitches is a 7-letter word that scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Pitches" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "pitches" is a medium-scoring word.