The Clue
Gathered, as berries (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PICKED
Tags
Notes
The answer PICKED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PICK as a verb:
1. select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
2. (pick, pluck, cull) = look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
3. (blame, find fault, pick) = harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
4. provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
5. remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
6. (clean, pick) = remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
7. pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
8. (foot, pick) = pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
9. (pluck, plunk, pick) = pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
10. (pick, break up) = attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
11. (peck, pick, beak) = hit lightly with a picking motion
12. (nibble, pick, piece) = eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"