ambuscade

ambuscade is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
2. transitive verb. A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
3. transitive verb. The body of troops lying in ambush.
4. transitive verb. To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
5. transitive verb. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
6. intransitive verb. To lie in ambush.
7. noun. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

   Synonyms: ambush, trap

8. verb. wait in hiding to attack

   Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lurk, scupper, waylay

Synonyms

ambush, trap, bushwhack, lurk, scupper, waylay

Common word forms

ambuscaded, ambuscader, ambuscades, ambuscading

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for AMBUSCADE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.