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Is drail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word drail is a Scrabble US word. The word drail is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is drail a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word drail is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

D2R1A1I1L1

Is drail a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word drail is a Words With Friends word. The word drail is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2R1A1I1L2

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5-letter words (4 found)

DRAIL,LAIRD,LIARD,LIDAR,

4-letter words (16 found)

ARID,ARIL,DALI,DARI,DIAL,DIRL,LAID,LAIR,LARD,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAID,RAIL,RIAD,RIAL,

3-letter words (12 found)

AID,AIL,AIR,ARD,DAL,LAD,LAR,LID,RAD,RAI,RIA,RID,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AI,AL,AR,DA,DI,ID,LA,LI,

You can make 41 words from drail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of drail

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word drail. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in drail.

Definitions and meaning of drail

drail

Etymology

From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

drail (plural drails)

  1. (fishing) A hook with a lead shank.
  2. (fishing) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.
  3. The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.

Verb

drail (third-person singular simple present drails, present participle drailing, simple past and past participle drailed)

  1. (fishing, obsolete, intransitive) To trawl.

References

  • “drail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • LIDAR, Laird, laird, larid, liard, lidar

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