decoy

decoy is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
2. noun. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
3. noun. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
4. noun. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
5. noun. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
6. noun. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

   Synonyms: bait, lure

7. noun. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

   Synonyms: steerer

8. verb. lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Synonyms

bait, lure, steerer

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in decoy:

coyed

Common word forms

decoys, decoyed, decoyer, decoying

Words from these letters

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