Definitions for failles

failles faille

Spelling: [fahyl, feyl; French fa-yuh
IPA: /faɪl, feɪl; French ˈfa yə/

Failles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in failles (aefills).

Definitions for failles

noun

  1. a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.

Origin of failles

1520-30; Middle French, Old French; of obscure origin

Examples for failles

faille and Bouchot, expecting to succeed, paid the money; they failed while the bottles were making.

Do you see that milk-girl with her scarlet petticoat and Flemish faille?

faille Francaise—A soft, lustrous silk of wider cord than grosgrain, but narrower than ottoman.

But the loss in length should be figured and taken account of on goods with a heavy rib, such as moir, faille, etc.

To this class belong the grosgrains, Ottoman, faille Francaise—a silk resembling grosgrain, but softer and brighter.

Word Value for failles
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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