pick-six

noun

1
: a system of betting (as on horse races) in which the bettor must pick the winners of six consecutive races
… is one of 42 individuals holding the 78 tickets that legitimately had five out of six winners in the Breeders' Cup pick-six wager.Bill Finley
2
football : an interception returned by the intercepting team for a touchdown
By halftime he had thrown two interceptions—the second a 69-yard pick-six to outside linebacker and Most Valuable Player Malcolm Smith …S. L. Price

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Bud Clark provided a highlight by jumping Gio Lopez’s sideline throw for an easy 25-yard pick-six as TCU took a 20-7 lead into the break. Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 His first career interception was a 38-yard pick-six off Patrick Mahomes. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 In Miami’s 20 training camp practices and preseason games Fitzpatrick has pulled down three jaw-dropping interceptions, two of which would have likely produced pick-six interceptions. Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025 The former Oregon product threw an egregious pick-six and botched a handoff. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick-six

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pick-six was in 1980

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“Pick-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-six. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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