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   For·ay

   /ˈfôˌrā/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid: "the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp"
   • ▪ an attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere: "my first foray into journalism"

   verb

   • 1. make or go on a foray: "the place into which they were forbidden to foray"

   Word Origin Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays’, from Old French forrier ‘forager’, from fuerre ‘straw’ (see forage).

   Derivatives

   • 1. forayer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • Y

     4

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