sail
VERBNOUN
/seɪl/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S
sail is a valid 4-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1A1I1L1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING
What does sail mean?
VERB · 4 SENSES
1
Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.
“Shreds of paper sailed through the air”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
“The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
3
Travel on water propelled by wind.
“I love sailing, especially on the open sea”
“the ship sails on”
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
4
Traverse or travel on (a body of water).
“We sailed the Atlantic”
“He sailed the Pacific all alone”
BROADER
RELATED
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
An ocean trip taken for pleasure.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
3
Any structure that resembles a sail.
BROADER
AT THE BOARD