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Wails

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Wails

noun

  1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.

    "She let out a loud, doleful wail."

  2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.

    "A bird's wail in the night."

  3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

verb

  1. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. To make a noise like mourning or crying.

    "The wind wailed and the rain streamed down."

  4. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.

    "to wail one's death"

  5. To perform with great liveliness and force.

verb

  1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  2. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

verb

  1. To choose, select.
Anagrams of Wails

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "wails":

swail

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "wails" and rearranging:

+ewalies
+ppilaws
+raswirl
+sswails
Related Word Patterns
WA...Words starting with "wa"...LSWords ending with "ls"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "wails"
Letter Values
w4
a1
i1
l1
s1

Total: 8 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Wails
aalsaasvogelsabdominalsabettalsabigailsabnormalsaboriginalsabseilsabuttalsaccidentalsaccrualsaccusals
Related 5-Letter Words
wackewackowackswackywaddywadedwaderwadeswadiswaferwaffswaftswagedwagerwages

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Wails"

Wails is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "wails" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Wails" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "wails" is a low-scoring word.