Definitions For Ambush
noun
- The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- An act of hiding, waiting for others to appear, and then suddenly attacking them : a surprise attack
- A hidden place from which a surprise attack can be made
verb
- Wait in hiding to attack
- Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
- To attack (someone or something) by surprise from a hidden place
Is Ambush 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
13
Words with Friends
15
The word Ambush is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Ambush in a Sentence
- We have reports of enemy soldiers ambushing civilians on this road.
- The king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king
- Many soldiers were killed in the ambush.
- The soldiers were lying in ambush, waiting for the enemy to approach.
- A snake waiting in ambush for its next meal