stratagem

stratagem is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. 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.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.
2. noun. a maneuver in a game or conversation

   Synonyms: gambit, ploy

3. noun. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

   "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

   Synonyms: contrivance, dodge

Synonyms

gambit, ploy, contrivance, dodge

Common word forms

stratagems

Words from these letters

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