What BAILS Means
BAILS is a form of BAIL, which means:
- verb: release after a security has been paid
- verb: deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- noun: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial“the judge set bail at $10,000”
- noun: the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)“he is out on bail”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BAILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 I1 L1 S1.
Anagrams of BAILS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BAILS
38 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (10)
Longer Words Containing BAILS
BAILS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.