Definitions For Countervalue

Adjective

(not comparable) (military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations. :

Verb

countervalu (military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations. To make a counter estimate of something's value.

Etymology

From counter + value. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., records the first use of the word in 1660 and the first use in the modern sense in 1965, where it is described as a "euphemism for attacking cities".

Is Countervalue a Scrabble Word?

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

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
23

The word Countervalue is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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