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Flails

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of flail, referring to hand tools made of a handle joined to a freely swinging rod, used for threshing grain by hand.

The folk museum displayed a collection of wooden flails once used at harvest time.

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threshersimplementstools

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Contains the AI vowel pair, ends in LS, starts with FL, no repeated letters.

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Scores 9 points, all common tiles make this an easy rack-clearer despite its rarity.

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