pick-six

noun

ˈpik-ˈsiks 

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

American 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

Examples of pick-six in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When the Patriots got the ball back after the pick-six, Maye led his team on a touchdown-scoring drive, hitting tight end Hunter Henry for a 28-yard touchdown. —Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025

Flacco was 23-for-40 for 199 yards with no touchdown passes and a pick-six. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Nov. 2025

Scott, who Miami head coach Mario Cristobal hinted after Saturday’s game could be dealing with a serious injury, had the pick-six against Syracuse last week. —Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 16 Nov. 2025

The Aztecs surrendered a pick-six and had the second-half kickoff returned for a touchdown. —Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1