Words · Rare
brail
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
a small net used to draw fish into a boat
- noun
a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
- verb
take in a sail with a brail
- verb
haul fish aboard with brails
Word history
From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.