RAIL — 4 letter word
rail
The word rail has 4 letters: R, A, I, L. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Rail has 6 anagrams: rial, aril, lair, lari, liar.... As a noun, it means "any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud".
4 letter word "rail": R A I L — noun
Scrabble score: 4 Words With Friends score: 5
Letter analysis of rail
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of rail
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 "We traveled by rail."
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports Synonyms: railing
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll Synonyms: track
verb
- criticize severely Synonyms: fulminate
- spread negative information about Synonyms: vilify, revile, vituperate
- complain bitterly Synonyms: inveigh
- 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" Synonyms: train
- 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" Synonyms: rail off
- provide with rails "The yard was railed"
- enclose with rails "rail in the old graves" Synonyms: rail in