tail: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with T · ends with L
Meaning of tail
noun
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Example: Most primates have a tail and fangs.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
Listed forms: tails.
Source: Wiktionary — tail.
verb
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
Example: This vessel tails downstream.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- transitive
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
Example: Tail that car!
Listed forms: tails, tailing, tailed.
Source: Wiktionary — tail.
adj
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
Source: Wiktionary — tail.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for tail.
noun
the time of the last part of something
- fag end
- tail end
noun
any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- tail end
noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
noun
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tail in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tail
T(1) + A(1) + I(1) + L(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of tail
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tail
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tail. Showing up to 24, longest first.