battue

battue is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
2. transitive verb. The game itself.
3. transitive verb. The wanton slaughter of game.
4. noun. indiscriminate slaughter

   "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"

   "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"

   Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed

5. noun. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

Synonyms

bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in battue:

tubate

Common word forms

battues

Words from these letters

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