wale: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of wale
noun
A ridge or low barrier.
A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
The texture of a piece of fabric.
A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship, such as a gunwale or a chainwale.
Listed forms: wales.
Source: Wiktionary — wale.
verb
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
Listed forms: wales, waling, waled.
Source: Wiktionary — wale.
noun
- Northern-England, Scotland
Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing.
Listed forms: wales.
Source: Wiktionary — wale.
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 wale.
noun
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
noun
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wale in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wale
W(4) + A(1) + L(1) + E(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of wale
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from wale
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wale. Showing up to 24, longest first.