Scrabble & Words with friends points
- pit is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- pit is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- pit is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of pit
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (noun)
Examples
- a demon from the depths of the pit
Synonyms
- hell
- infernal region
- inferno
- nether region
- perdition
- set into opposition or rivalry (verb)
Examples
- pit a chess player against the Russian champion
Synonyms
- match
- oppose
- play off
- lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers (noun)
Synonyms
- orchestra pit
- remove the pits from (verb)
Examples
- pit plums and cherries
Synonyms
- stone
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) (noun)
Examples
- they dug a pit to bury the body
Synonyms
- cavity
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole (noun)
Synonyms
- pitfall
- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun)
Synonyms
- fossa
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed (noun)
Synonyms
- endocarp
- stone
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate (noun)
Examples
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Synonyms
- quarry
- stone pit
- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it (noun)
Synonyms
- colliery
- mark with a scar (verb)
Synonyms
- mark
- pock
- scar
- an enclosure in which animals are made to fight (noun)
- (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled (noun)
- (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on (noun)
See definition of pit in Merriam Webster