shotgun

1. Covering a wide range in a haphazard or ineffective manner: shotgun methods of testing the hypothesis that wasted time and money.

2. Obtained by or involving by coercion: a shotgun compromise.

3. Of, relating to, or using a shotgun.

4. Of, relating to, or using a shotgun.

5. Involving coercion.

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1. A smoothbore gun that fires shot over short ranges. Also called scattergun.

2. Football An offensive formation, used especially for passing, in which the quarterback receives the snap several yards behind the line of scrimmage.

3. Southern U.S. A house whose architecture is characterized by several rooms joined in a straight line from the front to the back: "Shotguns [are] so named because a shotgun fired through the front door of these long, narrow homes could pass straight through the house and out the back door without hitting any barriers” ( Melissa O. Fryauf). See Regional Note at beignet.

4. A smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.

5. An offensive football formation in which the quarterback plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and the other backs are scattered as flankers or slotbacks.

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1. To shoot at with a shotgun.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
gunshot	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
go	3
ho	5
no	2
nu	2
oh	5
on	2
os	2
sh	5
so	2
to	2
uh	5
un	2
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gnu	4
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got	4
gun	4
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hon	6
hot	6
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sun	3
tho	6
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ton	3
tug	4
tun	3
ugh	7
uns	3
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gnus	5
gosh	8
goth	8
gout	5
guns	5
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gust	5
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onus	4
oust	4
outs	4
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shot	7
shun	7
shut	7
snog	5
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song	5
soth	7
stun	4
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thou	7
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thus	7
togs	5
tong	5
tons	4
tosh	7
tugs	5
tung	5
tuns	4
tush	7
ughs	8
unto	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ghost	9
goths	9
gouts	6
gusto	6
hongs	9
hunts	8
nutso	5
ought	9
shout	8
shunt	8
snout	5
sough	9
south	8
stung	6
thong	9
thous	8
thugs	9
tongs	6
tonus	5
tough	9
tungs	6
ungot	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hognut	10
nought	10
oughts	10
shogun	10
sought	10
thongs	10
toughs	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gunshot	11
hognuts	11
noughts	11
shotgun	11