Ambush is valid Scrabble Word

Is ambush a scrabble word?
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6 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
15 points in WWF

Definitions for AMBUSH in dictionary:

VERB:

to attack from a concealed place
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
wait in hiding to attack
hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
attack from a concealed position

NOUN:

a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position
confront (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly with unwelcome questions
make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position
act of waiting in a concealed position to make a surprise attack
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

Words related to AMBUSH

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Words that contain AMBUSH

ambushed16 ambusher15 ambushes15 ambushers16 ambushing17 ambushment19 ambushments20

How to use AMBUSH in a sentence

The others following, discovered that they had run into an ambush, and whirling off into the brush they turned and ran back in the direction whence they had come.
Two miles from Sezanne a French regiment was destroyed by an ambush.
Finally, the Seris made a great ambush, and there was a battle which resulted in the killing of sixty-five savages.
Thus Sir Percival and his knights did not come into that ambush that had been prepared for them.
As he went forward he watched every tree, every stick of timber behind which she might find cover to ambush him.
Who is telling mankind of their foe in ambush? Is the informer one who sees the foe? If so, listen and be wise.
This strip of ground, which is about five miles long, is dangerous, because the hills and rocks serve as a favourable ambush for robbers.
No advance-guard nor flanking-parties guaranteed the force from ambush or attack.
Robert was anxious not so much for himself as for the unknown others who were marching through the wilderness, and for whom the French and Indians were laying an ambush.
Knowing this, and realizing his danger if those men should discover him, the young American still hesitated to fire from ambush and take human life in cold blood.

He suddenly attacked those who were in ambush, and killed them all, hearing which the other body under Pallas dispersed.
Therefore he has secretly placed his troops in ambush, and has built for the occasion a new palace, in the hall of which he has prepared engines.
There is also news at hand showing that German patrols in the vicinity of Metz were fired at from ambush from the French side.
That was clearly their ruin, for nothing could be easier than for the brigands to keep watch upon the road, and to lay an ambush for all who passed along it.
On the right was a ravine with wood in it, and amongst that the Boers were lying in ambush.
They evidently recollected the steam, and feared another ambush.
The soldiers had marched straight into an ambush, as Washington had feared.
Or Mike could have posted a party in ambush at any one of a dozen places along the trail, there to surprise and kill off a number of the vengeful whites following him.
Late one day the chief placed four thousand armed men in ambush in a marsh near the fort, and then set out for it with thirty others, laden with provisions.
I was on a higher level, and so had a view of the open country beyond, and there, to my astonishment, I saw the Germans leaving their ambush and running away.
The loss of the food train would be a little matter, while it would surely show them whether an ambush lay in wait or not.
When they had marched some seven or eight miles they were shot at from some Indian ambush.
Herminius, when he perceived the alarm, rose out of the ambush and fell upon the rear of the Tuscans, who had charged Valerius.
They have not faith enough in their cause to risk their lives for it, even behind a tree or from one of these thickets, choice spots for ambush.
We fear that perhaps there are Indians in ambush, and with nervous irregular breathing we counsel what to do.
Operating in a country which, almost invariably, must be better known to the defenders, bold scouting alone will secure it from ambush and surprise.
After continuing the assault for some time, Cortes slowly retreated with his men, drawing the enemy after him by the buildings in which the ambush lay concealed.
What if we were to attack them by night from ambush? CRE.
At the tomb itself, having seized him from ambush with my hands.
In the course of the succeeding one, near Brownstown, the detachment under major Van Horne was suddenly attacked by the Indians, who were lying in ambush.
To live under the constant menace of an attack from ambush is a strain upon the best of nerves.

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