What WAIL Means
- verb: emit long loud cries“wail in self-pity”
- verb: cry weakly or softly“she wailed with pain”
- noun: a cry of sorrow and grief“their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WAIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 A1 I1 L1.
Anagrams of WAIL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In WAIL
9 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.
3 letter words (4)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing WAIL
WAIL 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.