Scrabble & Words with friends points
- sacrifices is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
- sacrifices is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
- sacrifices is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19
Definition of sacrifices
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun)
Synonyms
- ritual killing
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. (noun)
Synonyms
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- endure the loss of (verb)
Synonyms
- give
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value (noun)
Examples
- he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners (noun)
- kill or destroy (verb)
Examples
- The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
- The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals (verb)
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) (noun)
- sell at a loss (verb)
See definition of sacrifices in Merriam Webster