Is “Wails” a Scrabble word?

1.A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.

“She let out a loud, doleful wail.”

2.Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.

“A bird's wail in the night.”

3.A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

1.To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.

2.To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.

3.To make a noise like mourning or crying.

“The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.”

1.To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.

2.To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

1.To choose, select.