Pignut

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Updated June 2026

Definition

A North American hickory tree, Carya glabra, that produces small bitter-tasting nuts.

“The forester identified the tree as a pignut by the distinctively bitter flavour of its small hard nuts.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

pig·nut

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Synonyms

pignut hickorysmoothbark hickory

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Wordle

Ends in -NUT, starts with PIG, compound word with only one vowel U near the end

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, compound word, NUT ending is not easily hookable, useful to know but low-scoring

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