Definitions for faille

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

Faille is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in faille (aefill).

Definitions for faille

noun

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

Origin of faille

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

Examples for faille

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for faille
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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