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Is wail a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

WAIL,WALI,

3-letter words (4 found)

AIL,AWL,LAW,WAI,

2-letter words (5 found)

AI,AL,AW,LA,LI,

You can make 11 words from wail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of wail

wail awil wial iwal aiwl iawl wali awli wlai lwai alwi lawi wila iwla wlia lwia ilwa liwa ailw ialw aliw laiw ilaw liaw

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Definitions and meaning of wail

wail

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wāl, IPA(key): /weɪl/, [weɪɫ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪl
  • Homophone: wale
  • Homophone: whale (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.

The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14th c.. The noun came from the verb.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
  4. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  5. (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
Derived terms
  • bewail
  • wailer
  • wail on
  • wailingly
Translations

Noun

wail (plural wails)

  1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. [from 15th c.]
  2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
  3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse val (“choice”). Compare Icelandic velja (“to choose”). More at wale.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)

References

  • “wail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “wail”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “wail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • wali, wila, wāli

Asilulu

Noun

wail

  1. water

References

  • James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of wala (“not”) +‎ ilhi (“known, recognized”)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wa‧il
  • IPA(key): /waˈʔil/, [wʌˈʔil̪]
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

wail (Badlit spelling ᜏᜁᜎ᜔)

  1. an insignificant person
  2. an unknown person or thing
  3. an unknown celebrity or politician

Source: wiktionary.org