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RAIL
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
R
1
A
1
I
1
L
1
Σ
4
Definitions
Verb
- criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
- spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
- complain bitterly
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
- lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
- travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
- convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
- provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
- enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
Noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word RAIL
Yes, RAIL is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 4 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
RAIL is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.