mascot

Noun

A person, animal, or object believed to bring good luck.
a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
Something thought to bring good luck.
Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.

Verb

To act as a mascot (for).

Examples

He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
His lucky elephant MASCOT always sat beside him during intense Words With Friends games.
I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

mascot: valid Words With Friends Word