ail

Plural: ails

Noun

aromatic bulb used as seasoning
An ailment; trouble; illness.
The awn of barley or other types of corn.

Verb

Verb Forms: ailed, ailing, ails

To cause trouble or affliction to someone.
be ill or unwell
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

Adj

Painful; troublesome.

Examples

Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
What must AIL a person to challenge a word as common as ’the’?

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).

Synonyms

garlic, pain, trouble

Scrabble Score: 3

ail: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ail: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ail: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

ail: valid Words With Friends Word