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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A day after his pick-six, rookie fifth-round safety Trader had a sack on a day the Dolphins worked on pressure packages.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
Returnees Elijah Campbell, who had a pick-six on Tuesday, Patrick McMorris and Jordan Colbert, and rookie Dante Trader Jr., who also had a pick-six Tuesday, have mostly been working as backups with Davis and Melinfonwu working primarily as the starters.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
And Bolden showed it late in practice, racing a Joshua Dobbs interception back for what would have been a pick-six down the right sideline during a red-zone period.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Surtain also had four picks and a forced fumble, and completely turned around an early-season game against Las Vegas with a 100-yard pick-six.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
Returnees Elijah Campbell, who had a pick-six on Tuesday, Patrick McMorris and Jordan Colbert, and rookie Dante Trader Jr., who also had a pick-six Tuesday, have mostly been working as backups with Davis and Melinfonwu working primarily as the starters.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
And Bolden showed it late in practice, racing a Joshua Dobbs interception back for what would have been a pick-six down the right sideline during a red-zone period.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Surtain also had four picks and a forced fumble, and completely turned around an early-season game against Las Vegas with a 100-yard pick-six.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
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“Pick-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-six. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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