Definitions For Waylaying

verb

  • To stop (someone who is going somewhere)
  • To attack (someone or something) by surprise from a hidden place

Is Waylaying 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
19
Words with Friends
20

The word Waylaying is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Waylaying in a Sentence

  • Gangs sometimes waylay travelers on that road.
  • We were waylaid by a group of kids with water balloons.

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