Dictionary Entry
foray
foray is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Face value is 11 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.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
- 2transitive verb
To pillage; to ravage.
- 3noun
an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
"scientists' forays into politics"
- 4noun
a sudden short attack
- 5verb
briefly enter enemy territory
- 6verb
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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