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Is ambush a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ambush is a Scrabble US word. The word ambush is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is ambush a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ambush is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

A1M3B3U1S1H4

Is ambush a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ambush is a Words With Friends word. The word ambush is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1M4B4U2S1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

AMBUSH,

5-letter words (6 found)

BAHUS,HABUS,HUMAS,MUSHA,SUBAH,SUBHA,

4-letter words (16 found)

AMUS,BAHU,BAMS,BASH,BUMS,BUSH,HABU,HAMS,HUBS,HUMA,HUMS,MASH,MASU,MUSH,SHAM,SUBA,

3-letter words (23 found)

ABS,AHS,AMU,ASH,BAH,BAM,BAS,BUM,BUS,HAM,HAS,HUB,HUM,MAS,MUS,SAB,SAM,SAU,SHA,SMA,SUB,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AH,AM,AS,BA,HA,HM,MA,MU,SH,UH,UM,US,

You can make 59 words from ambush according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ambush

ambush

Etymology

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
  • Rhymes: -æmbʊʃ

Noun

ambush (plural ambushes)

  1. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
  2. An attack launched from a concealed position.
  3. The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
  4. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

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Verb

ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed)

  1. (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
  2. (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

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Further reading

  • “ambush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “ambush”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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