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HAILS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HAILS Means

HAILS is a form of HAIL, which means:

  1. verb: praise vociferously“The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
  2. verb: be a native of“She hails from Kalamazoo”
  3. noun: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
  4. noun: many objects thrown forcefully through the air“a hail of pebbles”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HAILS 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 H4 A1 I1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HAILS

35 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 (9)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (11)

Longer Words Containing HAILS

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

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