Flank is valid Scrabble Word

Is flank a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
12 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for FLANK in dictionary:

VERB:

to be situated to the side of
be on each or on one side of
guard or strengthen (a military force or position) from the side
attack down or from the sides, or rake with gunfire from the sides
To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
To border; to touch.
To be posted on the side.
be located at the sides of something or somebody
be at or move along the side of

NOUN:

a cut of meat from the flank of an animal
the side of a large object or structure
the right or left side of a body of people such as an army, a naval force, or a soccer team
the right or left side of a gaming area such as a chessboard.
part of the side between the hips and ribs
The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
The side of any building.
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
the side of military or naval formation
a subfigure consisting of a side of something
a cut from the fleshy part of an animal\'s side between the ribs and the leg
the side between ribs and hipbone
the side of a person's or animal's body between the ribs and the hip

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to be located at the side of

Words related to FLANK

flanked15 flanking16 flanks13

Words that contain FLANK

flanks13 flanked15 flanken14 flanker14 flankens15 flankers15 flanking16 outflank15 flankered17 outflanks16 flankering18 outflanked18 outflanking19

How to use FLANK in a sentence

The rear-rank man of the flank file keeps his head and eyes to the front and covers his file leader.
His bureau, armed to the teeth, leaning from its ambush in the recess of the fireplace, threatened both the retreat and the left flank movement of the chair.
From time to time she turned her head toward her tense and swollen flank, seeking with eyes of anguish the mysterious source of pain.
The road to-day, cut as it was out of the steep flank of the mountain, was magnificent, but, in its present condition, nerve-shattering.
He now sent Captain Hardinge to order up a battalion of Guards to the left flank of the 42nd.
When he assaults the parapet, he will be opposed by the bayonet in front and a well-aimed fire in flank.
This operation would automatically flank the positions held by the British at Arras, force the British to fall back from Vimy Ridge, and from Lens toward St.
Yet it was an unfortunate resolution, for it gave the Count Siccatif de Courtray time and opportunity for a flank movement.
However, the Field Marshal decided to send the First Corps north of Ypres to stop the reinforcements which might enable the Germans to flank the Allies.
A French attack on our flank in the region of the lower Rhine might have been fatal.

Acting in response to this information from the skies, they swung forward on this flank, and took the Germans on their right in the rear.
Its refreshing coolness acted on his jaded body like the sting of a spur on the flank of a lazy horse.
The old warrior, taken completely by surprise by this new stratagem of his foe, circled in a vain effort to reach the flank or rear.
The French cavalry being vigorously attacked in flank, were totally defeated.
In this emergency the Prussian general ordered his cavalry to make a circuit round a rising ground, and, if possible, charge the enemy in flank.
He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank.
He expected that the flank attack would be followed up by one in superior numbers from the front.
Far out to either flank rode patrols of horsemen, and a strong rear-guard swept before it campfollowers and stragglers.
Grant, again finding that he could not force Lee out of his position, also again moved by the left flank, steadily approaching Richmond and dragging Lee with him.
Haynes was darting in, blood in his eye, backed the whole right flank of scrub.
Unmindful of their support on either side, the British still pressed forward, until now they were far beyond either flank.
Arriving at the southern side of Mount Egmont, the General decided to march round its inland flank through a country then almost unknown except to a few missionaries.
Far up on the flank of Carrizo he sat and looked down upon the little straggling town in the valley below.

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