sortie

sortie is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
2. noun. (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
3. noun. a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

   Synonyms: sally

Synonyms

sally

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sortie:

orites, restio, sorite, tories, triose

Common word forms

sortied, sorties, sortieing

Words from these letters

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