AIL is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. AIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIL is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIL
Back hooks — 1
ailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What does AIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To trouble or afflict someone; of a person, to be unwell.
Ail survives mostly in two frozen shapes: the question what ails you and the participle ailing. It runs both ways — a thing can ail a person, and a person can simply be ailing — which is why the noun ailment sits so close to it. Everyday English has handed the work to bother, trouble and be ill, leaving ail to formal writing and to set phrases.
How AIL is used
Transitive in what ails him; intransitive in an ailing economy. The noun is ailment, never ailing.
- Nobody could say what ailed the engine, only that it would not start.
- She had ailed quietly for years before anyone thought to ask.
- Whatever ails the club, money is not the whole of it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AIL
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with AIL.
Words ending in AIL
Showing 24 of 185 words that end in AIL. Useful as a back hook: play AIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with AIL inside
Showing 24 of 932 words that contain AIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AIL
Common questions about AIL
- Is AIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIL, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIL worth?
- AIL is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIL mean?
- To trouble or afflict someone; of a person, to be unwell.
- What letters can be added to AIL?
- AIL takes 14 hooks: 13 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AIL:
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