yawl

Plural: yawls

Noun

a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Verb

Verb Forms: yawled, yawling, yawls

To utter a loud, mournful cry; to yowl.
emit long loud cries
To cry out; to howl.

Examples

The player would YAWL in exasperation after every missed opportunity for a bingo.

Origin / Etymology

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

Synonyms

dandy, howl, roar, ululate, wail, yaup

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

yawl: valid Words With Friends Word