Shotgun
/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Shotgun
noun
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
"Meat was cooked up within hours after the hunter killed the deer with his shotgun."
- The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat.
"I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)"
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
"Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi."
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
- (as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense: e.g. shotgun cartridges, shotgun seat.
verb
- (smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To verbally lay claim to (something)
"I got a day off because I shotgunned it."
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
- To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
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Letter Values
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Total: 11 Scrabble points
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 "Shotgun"
Shotgun is a 7-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "shotgun" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Shotgun" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shotgun" is a medium-scoring word.