Definitions For Rereward

Noun

The back side of an army; the forces at the rear. (rare) A strike from behind.

Descendants

{{desc, en, rearward}} {{q, obsolete in this sense}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=rēre-ward(e (n.) , id=MED37025 , accessdate=2018-08-11}}

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, enm, xno, rerewarde}}; equivalent to {{af, enm, rere, ward}}.

Anagrams

redrawer, rewarder

Middle English

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, rerewarde, reirwarde, reerwarde, rierwarde}}

Is Rereward 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
12

The word Rereward is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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