Pigsty

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A covered enclosure in which pigs are kept, or informally any place that is extremely dirty and untidy.

“After a week of school holidays the children's bedroom had descended into a complete pigsty.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

pig·sty

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Synonyms

stypigpen

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in Y after -STY, starts with PIG, STY is itself a valid word embedded within

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Scrabble

Worth 12 points, Y on end adds 4 points, STY is a playable sub-word, common compound well known to players

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Words you can make from Pigsty

Shorter words formed from the letters in “pigsty”.

gipsy tipsy gips gist gyps itsy pigs pits pity spit tips yips

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