regicide
Plural: regicides
Noun
- The act of killing a king, or the killer themselves.
- someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- the act of killing a king
- The killing of a king.
- One who kills a king.
Examples
- Attempting a high-scoring ’REGICIDE’ could either win the game or lead to a swift defeat in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
regicide: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordregicide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
regicide: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
regicide: valid Words With Friends Word