Definitions For Ransoming
noun
- Money that is paid in order to free someone who has been captured or kidnapped
verb
- To pay money in order to free (a person who has been captured or kidnapped)
Is Ransoming a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16
The word Ransoming is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Ransoming in a Sentence
- The kidnappers demanded a ransom of one million dollars.
- The family is willing to pay ransom for his release.
- The ransom note explained the terms under which she would be released.
- He was held captive for a week before he was ransomed and returned to his family.
- The prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers