Definitions For Ransom
noun
- The act of freeing from captivity or punishment
- Payment for the release of someone
- Money demanded for the return of a captured person
- Money that is paid in order to free someone who has been captured or kidnapped
verb
- Exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- To pay money in order to free (a person who has been captured or kidnapped)
Is Ransom 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
8
Words with Friends
10
The word Ransom is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Ransom 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