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Is vail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vail is a Scrabble US word. The word vail is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is vail a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vail is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

V4A1I1L1

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Yes. The word vail is a Words With Friends word. The word vail is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

VAIL,VALI,VIAL,

3-letter words (3 found)

AIL,LAV,VIA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,AL,LA,LI,

You can make 10 words from vail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vail

vail avil vial ival aivl iavl vali avli vlai lvai alvi lavi vila ivla vlia lvia ilva liva ailv ialv aliv laiv ilav liav

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Definitions and meaning of vail

vail

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl
  • Homophones: vale, veil, Vail

Etymology 1

From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“I am worth”).

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. (obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.
  2. (chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Etymology 2

From Middle English valen; either from Anglo-Norman valer or a clipping of avalen. Compare avale.

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. (obsolete) Submission.

Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
    • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
      Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,
      And of their taunting toies reſt with il hayle.
  2. (transitive, vexillology) To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, nautical) To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
    • 1692, Robert South, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370,[4]
      Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.

Etymology 3

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. Archaic form of veil.
  2. Misspelling of veil.

Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

  1. Archaic form of veil.
  2. Misspelling of veil.

Anagrams

  • LAIV, VALI, Vali, Vial, Vila, vali, vial, vila

Source: wiktionary.org