6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun United States singer (1918-1990)
noun English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
noun the outer courtyard of a castle
originFrom Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0