turkey
A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
Noun 4 meanings
A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
“All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.”
With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
TURKEY at a glance
TURKEY has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + K 5 + E 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,648 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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