×
×
How many letters in the Answer?

Welcome to Anagrammer Crossword Genius! Keep reading below to see if flail is an answer to any crossword puzzle or word game (Scrabble, Words With Friends etc). Scroll down to see all the info we have compiled on flail.

CROSSWORD
ANSWER

flail

Searching in Crosswords ...

The answer FLAIL has 101 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.

Searching in Word Games ...

The word FLAIL is VALID in some board games. Check FLAIL in word games in Scrabble, Words With Friends, see scores, anagrams etc.

Searching in Dictionaries ...

Definitions of flail in various dictionaries:

noun - an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end

verb - give a thrashing to

verb - move like a flail

more

Word Research / Anagrams and more ...


Keep reading for additional results and analysis below.

Possible Dictionary Clues
To thresh grain.
To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins.
To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
To move vigorously or erratically thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water.
To thresh using a flail.
To wave or swing vigorously thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention.
A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
Flail description
A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks.
* It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick is held and swung, causing the other (the swipple) to strike a pile of grain, loosening the husks. The precise dimensions and shape of flails were determined by generations of farmers to suit the particular grain they were harvesting. For example, flails used by farmers in Quebec to process wheat were generally made from two pieces of wood, the handle being about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, and the second stick being about 1 m (3.3 ft) long by about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, with a slight taper towards the end. Flails for other grains, such as rice or spelt, would have had different dimensions.* Flails have generally fallen into disuse in many nations because of the availability of technologies such as combine harvesters that require much less manual labour. But in many places,
Anagrammer Crossword Solver is a powerful crossword puzzle resource site. We maintain millions of regularly updated crossword solutions, clues and answers of almost every popular crossword puzzle and word game out there. We encourage you to bookmark our puzzle solver as well as the other word solvers throughout our site. Explore deeper into our site and you will find many educational tools, flash cards and plenty more resources that will make you a much better player. This page shows you that Beat is a possible clue for flail. You can also see that this clue and answer has appeared in these newspapers and magazines: April 26 2019 The Guardian - Quick crossword, January 26 2019 Wall Street Journal, December 18 2018 New York Times and more. Flail: A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husk...