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Yes. The word fila is a Scrabble US word. The word fila is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (3 found)

ALIF,FAIL,FILA,

3-letter words (3 found)

AIL,ALF,FIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AL,FA,IF,LA,LI,

You can make 12 words from fila according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fila

fila ifla flia lfia ilfa lifa fial ifal fail afil iafl aifl flai lfai fali afli lafi alfi ilaf liaf ialf ailf laif alif

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fila. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fila.

Definitions and meaning of fila

fila

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪlə/
  • Homophone: phyla

Noun

fila

  1. plural of filum

Anagrams

  • -afil, Fail, alif, fail

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.

Noun

fila f (plural files)

  1. file
  2. row
  3. (chess) rank
Derived terms
  • en fila
  • fila índia
Related terms
  • fil
  • desfilar

Further reading

  • “fila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From filo (“son”) + -a (“adjectival marker”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfila]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Hyphenation: fi‧la

Adjective

fila (accusative singular filan, plural filaj, accusative plural filajn)

  1. filial (in the case of the son)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.la/

Verb

fila

  1. third-person singular past historic of filer

Anagrams

  • alif

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.la/
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Hyphenation: fì‧la

Etymology 1

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

Noun

fila f (plural file)

  1. line, rank
  2. (masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)
  3. queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: coda
Related terms
  • filo

Noun

fila f

  1. plural of filo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • alif

Latin

Noun

fīla n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fīlum

References

  • fila in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese filha.

Noun

fila (masculine filo, plural fila-fila)

  1. daughter

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with filâ (“to clutch; to grab”).

Derived terms

  • filo-fila (“children”, literally “son-daughter”)

References

  • https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fila f

  1. definite singular of fil

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of file:
    1. past tense
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fila (present tense filar/filer, past tense fila/filte, past participle fila/filt, passive infinitive filast, present participle filande, imperative fila/fil)

  1. Alternative form of file

Noun

fila

  1. definite singular of fil

References

  • “fila” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: filha (Madeira)
  • Hyphenation: fi‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

  1. queue (line of people)
  2. queue (waiting list)
  3. (computing) queue (FIFO data structure)
Related terms
  • fio

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Fülle.

Noun

fȉla f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏ла)

  1. (regional) stuffing
    Synonym: nadjev

Related terms

  • filati

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfila/ [ˈfi.la]
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: fi‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

  1. line, row, rank, file
  2. queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: cola
  3. (chess) rank
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “fila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

fil +‎ -a

Verb

fila (present filar, preterite filade, supine filat, imperative fila)

  1. to file (smooth, grind, or cut with a file)
  2. (figuratively, with på) to work on or polish (something)

Conjugation

Related terms

  • nedfila

References

  • fila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • fila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • fila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tetum

Verb

fila

  1. to turn

Yoruba

Etymology

Ultimately from Hausa fū̀lā, perhaps through Nupe fùla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fì.là/

Noun

fìlà

  1. hat, cap (in particular) the traditional Yoruba caps worn by males.
    Synonyms: ètú, àkòó

Source: wiktionary.org