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Is pigeon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pigeon is a Scrabble US word. The word pigeon is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3I1G2E1O1N1

Is pigeon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pigeon is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3I1G2E1O1N1

Is pigeon a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pigeon is a Words With Friends word. The word pigeon is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4I1G3E1O1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

EPIGON,PIGEON,

5-letter words (6 found)

GENIP,GIPON,OPINE,OPING,PENGO,PINGO,

4-letter words (14 found)

GIEN,GONE,INGO,NOPE,ONIE,OPEN,PEIN,PENI,PEON,PINE,PING,PION,PONE,PONG,

3-letter words (26 found)

EGO,ENG,EON,GEN,GEO,GIE,GIN,GIO,GIP,GOE,GON,ING,ION,NEG,NEP,NIE,NIP,NOG,ONE,OPE,PEG,PEN,PIE,PIG,PIN,POI,

2-letter words (14 found)

EN,GI,GO,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,PE,PI,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from pigeon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pigeon

pigeon

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
  • (US) enPR: pĭjʹən, IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd͡ʒən, -ɪd͡ʒɪn
  • Homophone: pidgin

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“chirp”), of imitative origin.

Alternative forms

  • pidgeon (chiefly archaic)

Noun

pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural pigeons)

  1. One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
    Synonyms: columbid, culver, dove
  2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird.
  3. (Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
    Synonyms: dupe, fish, sucker; see also Thesaurus:dupe
  4. (countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
  5. A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
  6. (Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
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Translations

Verb

pigeon (third-person singular simple present pigeons, present participle pigeoning, simple past and past participle pigeoned)

  1. (transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.

See also

  • dove
  • pidgin
  • piper
  • squab
  • squeaker

Etymology 2

From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. See pidgin.

Noun

pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural pigeons)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic, UK, informal) Concern or responsibility.
References
  • (concern or responsibility): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (described as Anglo-Chinese)

Further reading

  • pigeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “pigeon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pyjon, from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), from Latin pīpiāre (“chirp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ʒɔ̃/

Noun

pigeon m (plural pigeons, feminine pigeonne)

  1. pigeon
    Synonyms: colombe, columbidé
  2. (colloquial) patsy (an easily trickable, naive person)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “pigeon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • poigne

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pyjon, from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), from Latin pīpiāre (“chirp”).

Noun

pigeon m (plural pigeons)

  1. (Jersey) pigeon

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Source: wiktionary.org