croquet

croquet is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.
2. noun. The act of croqueting.
3. transitive verb. In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.
4. noun. a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
5. verb. play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
6. verb. drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"

Common word forms

croquets, croqueted, croqueting

Words from these letters

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