avail

avail is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
2. transitive verb. To promote; to assist.
3. intransitive verb. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.
4. noun. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
5. noun. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
6. transitive/intransitive verb. See Avale, v.
7. noun. a means of serving

   "of no avail"

   "there's no help for it"

   Synonyms: help, service

8. verb. use to one's advantage

   "He availed himself of the available resources"

9. verb. take or use

   "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

   Synonyms: help

10. verb. be of use to, be useful to

    "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"

Synonyms

help, service

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in avail:

alvia

Common word forms

avails, availed, availer, availing, available, availment

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