Is BAILS a Wordle Word?

Yes. BAILS is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

Plurals ending in S are almost never chosen as Wordle answers.

What does BAILS mean?

/beɪlz/

noun

  1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
  2. Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  3. The person providing such payment.
3 more noun definitions
  1. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  2. A person who bails water out of a boat.
  3. Custody; keeping.

verb

  1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
  2. To release a person under such guarantee.
  3. To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.“to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier”
3 more verb definitions
  1. To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.“to bail water out of a boat”
  2. To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.“to bail a boat”
  3. To set free; to deliver; to release.

verb

  1. To exit quickly.“With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.”
  2. To fail to meet a commitment.

noun

  1. A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
  2. A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
  3. A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
4 more noun definitions
  1. A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  2. A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  3. One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  4. (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

verb

  1. To secure the head of a cow during milking.

verb

  1. To confine.
  2. To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  3. To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

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BAILS in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 27% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, I
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, I, L

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