5-Letter Words With WAIL
- 2 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 5-Letter Words With WAIL
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 5-Letter Words With WAIL 2 words
How often does WAIL appear in five-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 five-letter words containing WAIL. They average 8 points and the best is WAILS (8 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 8
- out of 8 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- L
- 50% of words
Most common last letters
- l 50%
- s 50%
Top vowel pairs
- ai100%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring five-letter word containing WAIL
w 4a 1i 1l 1s 1
W 4 + A 1 + I 1 + L 1 + S 1 = 8 points
- Double word
- 16 pts
- Triple word
- 24 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
wails
Form of wail
- nouna cry of sorrow and grief“their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
- verbemit long loud cries“wail in self-pity”
- verbcry weakly or softly“she wailed with pain”
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How many five-letter words containing WAIL are there?
There are 2 five-letter words containing WAIL in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word containing WAIL?
WAILS is worth 8 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are SWAIL (8).