pixie

Plural: pixies

Noun

A small, often mischievous, mythical sprite or fairy; a pixy.
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
A cute, petite woman with short hair.
An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
Ellipsis of pixie cut.

Examples

Finding PIXIE on his rack, he hoped for a magical high score in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of Swedish pysk (“fairy”); perhaps Puck + -sy; see Wikipedia.

Synonyms

brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, fair, gnome, sprite

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

pixie: valid Words With Friends Word