WAILFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WAILFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAILFUL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAILFUL is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAILFUL
No single letter turns WAILFUL into another word.
How WAILFUL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WAILFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does WAILFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Full of sorrow, or expressing grief in a long mournful cry.
This adjective suits sounds more often than people: a song, a voice or the wind can be wailful. It sounds poetic and is chosen when plain words like sad would feel too weak.
How WAILFUL is used
Wailful describes mournful cries, tunes or voices, mostly in literary writing.
- A wailful tune drifted from the empty church.
- The wailful cry of the gulls followed the boat.
- She answered in a wailful voice that made everyone fall silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAILFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAILFUL
1 longer words begin with WAILFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in WAILFUL
Common questions about WAILFUL
- Is WAILFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAILFUL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAILFUL worth?
- WAILFUL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAILFUL mean?
- Full of sorrow, or expressing grief in a long mournful cry.
- What letters can be added to WAILFUL?
- No single letter can be added to WAILFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WAILFUL:
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