What AMBUSHES Means
AMBUSHES is a form of AMBUSH, which means:
- verb: wait in hiding to attack
- verb: hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
- noun: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AMBUSHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 M3 B3 U1 S1 H4 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In AMBUSHES
177 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.
6 letter words (17)
ABUSESAMBUSHAMUSESASSUMEBASHESBUSHESHAUSESMASHESMUSHESSAHEBSSAMSHUSEBUMSSHAMESSHAMUSSUBAHSSUBHASSUBSEA
5 letter words (37)
ABUSEAMUSEASHESBAHUSBASESBASSEBEAMSBEAUSBEMASBUSESEMBUSHABUSHAEMSHAMESHAUSEHUMASMABESMASESMASSEMASUSMESASMUSESMUSHAMUSSESABESSAHEBSAMESSEAMSSEBUMSHAMESHAMSSHEASSMASHSMUSHSUBAHSUBASSUBHA
4 letter words (57)
AHEMAMESAMUSBAHUBAMSBASEBASHBASSBEAMBEAUBEMABUMSBUSHBUSSEAUSEMUSHABUHAEMHAESHAMEHAMSHASSHEMSHUBSHUESHUMAHUMSHUSSMABEMAESMASEMASHMASSMASUMESAMESHMESSMEUSMUSEMUSHMUSSSABESABSSAMESAMSSASHSEAMSEASSESHSHAMSHEASHESSUBASUBSSUESSUMSUSES
3 letter words (45)
ABSAHSAMEAMUASHAUEBAHBAMBASBESBUSEASEAUEHSEMSEMUESSHAEHAMHASHEMHESHUBHUEHUMMAEMASMEHMESMEUMUSSABSAESAMSAUSEASHASHESMASUBSUESUMSUSUMSUSE
2 letter words (21)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.