dragonnade

Noun

A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.
The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade.

Scrabble Score: 13

dragonnade: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
dragonnade: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
dragonnade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

dragonnade: valid Words With Friends Word