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FLAIL

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FLAIL Means

  1. verb: give a thrashing to; beat hard
  2. verb: move like a flail; thresh about“Her arms were flailing”
  3. noun: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLAIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 A1 I1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In FLAIL

16 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 (5)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing FLAIL

FLAIL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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