peckerwood

Meanings

Noun

bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
A woodpecker.
A peckerwood sawmill.
A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.

Origin / Etymology

Inversion of woodpecker. Application to white people is due to the perception that the woodpecker is a symbol of whites, whereas the crow or blackbird is a symbol of blacks.

Synonyms

pecker, redneck, white person, woodpecker

Scrabble Score: 22

peckerwood is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
peckerwood is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
peckerwood is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

peckerwood is a valid Words With Friends word