Definitions For Pillorying

noun

  • A device that was used in the past for punishing someone in public and that consists of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked

verb

  • To publicly criticize (someone) in a very harsh way

Is Pillorying a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Pillorying is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Pillorying in a Sentence

  • The press pilloried the judge for her decision.

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