Definition of SENTRY

sentry

Plural: sentries

Noun

  • A guard, especially a soldier, standing watch.
  • a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  • A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
  • Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  • A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
  • A watchtower.
  • An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Examples

  • He placed a ’SENTRY’ word to guard his triple-word score, preventing an easy steal.

Origin / Etymology

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).

Synonyms

lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, spotter, watch, kite

Scrabble Score: 9

sentry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sentry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sentry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

sentry: valid Words With Friends Word