besiege

besiege is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.
2. verb. harass, as with questions or requests

   "The press photographers besieged the movie star"

3. verb. surround so as to force to give up

   "The Turks besieged Vienna"

   Synonyms: beleaguer, circumvent, surround

4. verb. cause to feel distressed or worried

   "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

Synonyms

beleaguer, circumvent, surround

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in besiege:

beseige

Common word forms

besieged, besieger, besieges, besieging, besiegement

Words from these letters

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