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Is faille a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word faille is a Scrabble US word. The word faille is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is faille a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word faille is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is faille a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word faille is a Words With Friends word. The word faille is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FAILLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

FELLA,FILLE,FLAIL,ILEAL,

4-letter words (15 found)

ALEF,ALIF,FAIL,FALL,FEAL,FELL,FILA,FILE,FILL,FLEA,ILEA,LEAF,LEAL,LIEF,LIFE,

3-letter words (13 found)

AIL,ALE,ALF,ALL,ELF,ELL,FAE,FIE,FIL,ILL,LEA,LEI,LIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AI,AL,EA,EF,EL,FA,FE,IF,LA,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from faille according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of faille

faille

Etymology

From Old French.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

  1. A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faj/

Etymology 1

From faillir.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

  1. (seismology) fault
  2. flaw
  3. rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms
  • ligne de faille
  • plan de faille
  • sans faille
Descendants
  • → Turkish: fay

Verb

faille

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

  1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

faille

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
    je ne crois pas qu’il faille faire cela ― I don't think this needs to be done

Further reading

  • “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

Irish

Noun

faille f

  1. genitive singular of faill

Mutation

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.

Noun

faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)

  1. failure

Descendants

  • French: faille

Source: wiktionary.org