bail
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When bail helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A B I L
Two-Letter Start
BA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BA start
- IL ending
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- bail is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BA start.
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Pronunciation
noun
Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
noun
Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
noun
The person providing such payment.
noun
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
noun
A person who bails water out of a boat.
noun
Custody; keeping.
verb
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
verb
To release a person under such guarantee.
verb
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"
verb
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
"to bail water out of a boat"
verb
To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
"to bail a boat"
verb
To set free; to deliver; to release.
verb
To exit quickly.
"With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail."
verb
To fail to meet a commitment.
noun
A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
noun
A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
noun
A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
noun
A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
noun
A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
noun
One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
noun
(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
verb
To secure the head of a cow during milking.
verb
To confine.
verb
To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
verb
To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)