redoubt

redoubt is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. 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 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
2. noun. In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
3. transitive verb. To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
4. noun. an entrenched stronghold or refuge
5. noun. (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in redoubt:

doubter, obtrude, outbred

Common word forms

redoubts, redoubted, redoubting, redoubtable

Words from these letters

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