plutonium pit

NOUN
13 LETTERS · STARTS WITH P

plutonium pit is a valid 13-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3L1U1T1O1N1I1U1M3P3I1T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING

What does plutonium pit mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives.

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