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HAIL

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

HAIL is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

HAILS-s 2 HAILING-ing 5 HAILED-ed 3 HAILER-er 3
noun
  1. uncountableBalls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
  2. countableAn occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
  3. broadlycountableA rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
verb
  1. impersonalTo have hailstones fall from the sky.
    • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  2. intransitiveTo send or release hail.
    • The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.
  4. transitiveTo greet; give salutation to; salute.
  5. transitiveTo name; to designate; to call.
    • He was hailed as a hero.
  6. transitiveTo call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
    • Hail a taxi.
  7. AustraliaUKbroadlytransitiveTo indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving.
    • In Melbourne, you would usually have to hail a tram when you are travelling late at night and there are no other passengers waiting at your stop.
  8. transitiveTo signal in order to initiate communication with.
  9. transitiveIn the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.
  10. to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)
adjective
  1. obsoleteHealthy, whole, safe.
interjection
  1. archaicpoeticAn exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.