The word found after unscrambling picked means that select carefully from a group, look for and gather, harass with constant criticism, provoke, remove in small bits, remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, pilfer or rob, pay for something, pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example, hit lightly with a picking motion, eat intermittently; take small bites of, .