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.—
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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
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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
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“Pick-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-six. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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