derail
VERB
/di'reɪl/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
derail is a valid 6-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1R1A1I1L1
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does derail mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Run off or leave the rails.
“the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
2
Cause to run off the tracks.
“they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste”
BROADER
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