vicksburg
NOUN
9 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH V
vicksburg is a valid 9-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
V4I1C3K5S1B3U1R1G2
4 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does vicksburg mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered.
SYNONYMS
2
A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves.