Skirmish is valid Scrabble Word

Is skirmish a scrabble word?
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8 letters word
17 points in Scrabble
17 points in WWF

Definitions for SKIRMISH in dictionary:

VERB:

to engage in a minor battle
engage in a skirmish
To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
A slight contest.
take part in a skirmish

NOUN:

an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets
a short argument
brief or minor fight or argument
a minor short-term fight

Words related to SKIRMISH

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Words that contain SKIRMISH

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How to use SKIRMISH in a sentence

He then drew all his forces out of the camp, and commanded the cavalry, because he thought they were intimidated by the late skirmish, to follow in the rear.
He made inroads into Kent, but met with resistance from Widred, the king, who proved successful against Mollo, brother to Ceodwalla, and slew him in a skirmish.
She only hoped that she had not chosen the wrong skirmish to settle first.
A skirmish line may load while moving, the pieces being held as nearly as practicable in the position of load.
If in skirmish line the men move promptly toward the designated point and the company is re-formed in line.
In this skirmish I had only one soldier wounded, and I do not know whether the enemy had any losses.
Richardson was in a skirmish at Warfield and was listed among the northern people as missing.
The Indians, however, came out in force and a brisk skirmish was kept up for some time when the troops, having accomplished the object of their mission, retired.
A skirmish in the narrow defile proved indecisive, until the Germans swam across and took Labeo in the rear.
In the skirmish that ensued, they lost five warriors killed.

They had shelled the town the night before, and the 37th had had a sharp skirmish with them.
My fortune in war was like that of most men-at-arms, or better than that of many who are slain outright in their first skirmish.
Private Donahue was one who was sent back in this manner, after being captured in a midnight skirmish near Château-Thierry.
Many a skirmish was nipped in the bud through the watchful care of the officers of the Virginia, which otherwise might have led to bloodshed.
If left, instead of right is given that simply means that the leading or base squad is to be the left of the skirmish line.
The post-office strike has already shown us what deplorable disasters even a skirmish can bring about.
Thus preceded by the led horses and silken flags, they made their entry, the horsemen continuing to skirmish till they reached the gate.
A brisk skirmish ensued, several were killed, and the patrol driven in.
A skirmish immediately ensued and the Tories retreated.
With the loss of twelve men slain and twenty wounded in the skirmish at Kilmory, Kenric returned to his castle, and there completed his preparations to resist the invaders.
Rallying his men he began to skirmish with the advance of the Danes and Norwegians.
To oppose them, Sir William Waller was despatched to the West, and a cavalry skirmish between the two forces took place on the Mendips near Chewton.
His advanced guard, after a brisk skirmish with Ashby, reached the village of Edenburg, ten miles south, the same evening.
Both of these brigades had a strong skirmish line pushed forward along and beyond the railroad.
In this skirmish, twenty of the enemy were left dead on the field, and we took live prisoners.
They were Africans who had been born in an atmosphere of scuffle and skirmish, and death had no especial terrors for them.
She had set herself to do battle with her father, and already in the first skirmish she had been defeated.
Austin and San Antonio were decided on as headquarters and banking points, and we started out on a preliminary skirmish.
The skirmish was brief, with success to the British.
The left flank of our skirmish line encountered the cattle as they reached the river, and prevented them from drifting up the stream.
Often the Indian, as he rode around the skirmish line, passed the head of a ravine.
The scene ended in a merry skirmish as the crowd dispersed.

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