AMBUSHING

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What AMBUSHING Means

AMBUSHING 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

SCUPPER BUSHWHACK WAYLAY LURK AMBUSCADE TRAP

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AMBUSHING 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 H4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In AMBUSHING

365 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.

7 letter words (11)

ABUSING AMUSING ANGUISH BASHING BUSHING BUSHMAN HAUSING MASHING MIBUNAS MUSHING SHAMING

6 letter words (33)

AGUISH AMBUSH ANIMUS ASHING BANISH BASING BHANGS BHUNAS BIGHAS BIMAHS BUGSHA BUNIAS BUSING BUSMAN GAMINS HAMING HANGIS HINAUS HUMANS IAMBUS MAGNUS MASING MIBUNA MUNGAS MUNSHI MUSANG MUSING NIMBUS NUBIAS SAGUIN SUBMAN UNBAGS UNBIAS

5 letter words (70)

4 letter words (129)

3 letter words (94)

ABS AGS AHI AHS AIM AIN AIS AMI AMU ANI ANS ASH BAG BAH BAM BAN BAS BIG BIN BIS BUG BUN BUS GAB GAM GAN GAS GAU GHI GIB GIN GIS GNU GUB GUM GUN GUS HAG HAM HAN HAS HIM HIN HIS HUB HUG HUI HUM HUN ING INS ISH ISM MAG MAN MAS MIB MIG MIS MNA MUG MUN MUS NAB NAG NAH NAM NAS NIB NIM NIS NUB NUS SAB SAG SAI SAM SAN SAU SHA SIB SIM SIN SMA SUB SUG SUI SUM SUN UGH UGS UMS UNI UNS

2 letter words (28)

AB AG AH AI AM AN AS BA BI GI GU HA HI HM IN IS MA MI MU NA NU SH SI UG UH UM UN US

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