pistol

pistol is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
2. transitive verb. To shoot with a pistol.
3. noun. a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

   Synonyms: handgun

Synonyms

handgun

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pistol:

pilots, postil, sploit, spoilt

Common word forms

pistols, pistoled, pistoles, pistoling, pistolled, pistolling

Words from these letters

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