enfilade

enfilade is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
2. noun. A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
3. transitive verb. To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
4. noun. gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
5. verb. rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in enfilade:

alfenide

Common word forms

enfiladed, enfilades, enfilading

Words from these letters

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