sentry

Meanings

Plural: sentries

Noun

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.

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

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

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

sentry is a valid Words With Friends word