w 4 a 1 y 4 l 1 a 1 y 4
6 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb wait in hiding to attack
originFrom way + lay, likely a calque of Middle Dutch wegelagen (“besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways”). Compare Middle Low German wegelagen, German wegelagern (“to waylay; rob”).
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