wail

wail is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To choose; to select. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To choose; to select.
2. transitive verb. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
3. intransitive verb. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
4. noun. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
5. noun. a cry of sorrow and grief

   "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

   Synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint

6. verb. cry weakly or softly

   "she wailed with pain"

   Synonyms: mewl, pule, whimper

7. verb. emit long loud cries

   "wail in self-pity"

   "howl with sorrow"

   Synonyms: howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl

Synonyms

lament, lamentation, plaint, mewl, pule, whimper, howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wail:

wali

Common word forms

wails, wailed, wailer, wailful, wailing, wailment

Words from these letters

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