Definitions for outpost

outpost out·post

Spelling: [out-pohst]
IPA: /ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/

Outpost is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in outpost (oopsttu).

Definitions for outpost

noun

  1. a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack:
  2. the body of troops stationed there; detachment or perimeter guard.
  3. an outlying settlement, installation, position, etc.

Origin of outpost

First recorded in 1750-60; out- + post2

Examples for outpost

A guard tower sat high up on a nearby hill, but the outpost itself was no fortress.

This was merely an outpost strategy, laid as they passed along.

On July 4, 2009, a human wave of insurgents attacked the joint U.S./Afghan outpost at Zerok.

It was proposed to build an outpost of Weald there, against blueskins.

She had only one sentinel on the outpost of her spirit, and that was the sense of touch and feeling.

A former store manager at a Malibu, California outpost filed a lawsuit in December of 2012.

The Cubans pulled up to the outpost and crammed the survivors into an open-body jeep and a pickup truck.

Holt was formerly known as Lyons, and was a Roman outpost of Chester.

Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot.

While the fight was raging on the plain, Weber with his outpost was driven in.

Word Value for outpost
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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