Definitions For Flank

noun

  • The side between ribs and hipbone
  • A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
  • The side of military or naval formation
  • A subfigure consisting of a side of something
  • The area on the side of an animal (such as a horse) between the ribs and the hip
  • The right or left side of a military formation
  • The side of something

verb

  • Be located at the sides of something or somebody
  • To be located on both sides of (something or someone)

Is Flanks a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
15

The word Flank is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Flank in a Sentence

  • She gently patted the horse's flank.
  • They attacked the enemy on both flanks.
  • The eastern flank of a volcano
  • The tackles flank the center on a football team's offensive line

Synonyms for Flank

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