flitch

Plural: flitches

Noun

fish steak usually cut from a halibut
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).

Verb

Verb Forms: flitched, flitching, flitches

To cut meat, especially bacon, into long, thin strips.
To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

Examples

He tried to flitch his word across two bonus squares for maximum impact.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.

Synonyms

side of bacon

Scrabble Score: 14

flitch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flitch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flitch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

flitch: valid Words With Friends Word