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Is wailer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wailer is a Scrabble US word. The word wailer is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

W4A1I1L1E1R1

Is wailer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wailer is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

W4A1I1L1E1R1

Is wailer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word wailer is a Words With Friends word. The word wailer is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4A1I1L2E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

WAILER,WALIER,

5-letter words (5 found)

ARIEL,LAWER,RAILE,WALER,WALIE,

4-letter words (35 found)

ALEW,AREW,ARIL,ARLE,EARL,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LEAR,LEIR,LIAR,LIER,LIRA,LIRE,LWEI,RAIL,RALE,REAL,RIAL,RIEL,RILE,WAIL,WAIR,WALE,WALI,WARE,WEAL,WEAR,WEIL,WEIR,WIEL,WILE,WIRE,

3-letter words (23 found)

AIL,AIR,ALE,ARE,AWE,AWL,EAR,ERA,IRE,LAR,LAW,LEA,LEI,LEW,LIE,RAI,RAW,REI,REW,RIA,WAE,WAI,WAR,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,AW,EA,EL,ER,EW,LA,LI,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from wailer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wailer

wailer

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪlə/
  • (US) enPR: wāʹlər, IPA(key): /ˈweɪlɚ/

Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

  • Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail +‎ -er.

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. One who wails or laments.
  2. A professional hired mourner.
    Synonym: (rare) moirologist
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Etymology 2

wail +‎ -er; see wail (“choose, select”).

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. (mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Anagrams

  • Lawrie

Source: wiktionary.org