vail
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When vail helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A I L V
Two-Letter Start
VA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- VA start
- IL ending
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- vail is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, i, l, v plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the VA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
Profit; return; proceeds.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
noun
Submission.
verb
To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
verb
To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
verb
To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
verb
(vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
noun
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
noun
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
noun
The calyptra of mosses.
noun
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
noun
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
"a nun's veil"
noun
Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
noun
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
noun
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
verb
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
verb
To conceal as with a veil.
"The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly."