PICKLES scores 15 points (base, without multipliers).
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/ˈpɪkəlz/
noun
1
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
A pickle goes well with a hamburger.
2
(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
3
The brine used for preserving food.
This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.
4
A difficult situation; peril.
The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.
verb
1
To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
These cucumbers pickle very well.
2
To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
3
(in the Python programming language) To serialize.
4
To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
noun
1
A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
2
A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.