Is BAILS a word?
BAILS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 28 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BAILS is a valid word.
What does bails mean?
BAILS is an inflected form of bail.
noun: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
“the judge set bail at $10,000”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BAILS: word details
- Pronunciation: BAYLZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so BAILS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Words you can make from the letters of bails.
Solve a whole rack, not just BAILS
BAILS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BAILS mean?
BAILS is an inflected form of bail and is a noun. It means: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
Is BAILS a valid word?
Yes, BAILS is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.