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AMBUSCADES

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What AMBUSCADES Means

AMBUSCADES is a form of AMBUSCADE, which means:

  1. noun: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  2. verb: wait in hiding to attack

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AMBUSCADES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 M3 B3 U1 S1 C3 A1 D2 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In AMBUSCADES

345 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (3)

7 letter words (11)

6 letter words (43)

5 letter words (90)

4 letter words (110)

3 letter words (68)

2 letter words (19)

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