Definitions For Counterscarp

Noun

COUNTERSCARP (plural COUNTERSCARPs) (architecture) The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

Translations

Catalan: contraescarpa, f Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Finnish: kontreskarppi French: contrescarpe, f German: Contrescarpe, f Greek: αντίκρημνο, n Irish: frithbhalla, m Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 Ottoman Turkish: استحكام, استحكامات خندق, خندقنك شیو خارجی (istihkâmat hendeğiñ şiv harici) Polish: przeciwskarpa, f Russian: контрэска́рп, m, контр-эска́рп, m Swedish: kontereskarp, c

Etymology

From {{af, en, counter-, scarp}}.

Is Counterscarp a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
23

The word Counterscarp is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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