CAMAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CAMAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAMAIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAMAIL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAMAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
camailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAMAIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAMAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about CAMAIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CAMAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A medieval covering of chain mail that hung from a helmet to guard the neck and shoulders.
A knight fastened the camail to the lower rim of his basinet with small staples or laces, so that the mail draped over the throat and collarbones. It filled the gap left by the plate armour of the time and stayed popular through much of the fourteenth century. The word came through French from a southern form meaning a hood.
How CAMAIL is used
Used in armour history and in descriptions of effigies and museum pieces.
- The effigy shows a knight with his camail spread over both shoulders.
- A rusted camail was all that survived of the helmet.
- He threaded the leather lace through the rings of the camail.
- The craftsman rebuilt the camail ring by ring from steel wire.
- Without a camail the sword stroke would have found his neck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAMAIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAMAIL
The 6 tiles of CAMAIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CAMAIL
2 longer words begin with CAMAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in CAMAIL
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Common questions about CAMAIL
- Is CAMAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAMAIL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAMAIL worth?
- CAMAIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAMAIL mean?
- A medieval covering of chain mail that hung from a helmet to guard the neck and shoulders.
- What letters can be added to CAMAIL?
- CAMAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAMAIL:
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