FILES

5 letters 8 Scrabble points /faɪlz/

Definition of FILES

noun

  1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.

  2. A roll or list.

  3. Course of thought; thread of narration.

Related words: document paper
verb

  1. To commit (official papers) to some office.

  2. To place in an archive in a logical place and order

  3. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

noun

  1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.

    "The troops marched in Indian file."

  2. A small detachment of soldiers.

  3. One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.

verb

  1. To move in a file.

    "The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full."

noun

  1. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.

  2. A cunning or resourceful person.

verb

  1. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

    "I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring."

verb

  1. To defile

  2. To corrupt

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters F I L E S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

Anagrams of FILES

Words that use the same letters:

FELIS FLIES

Words Containing "FILES"

DEFILES FILESAVE FILESMITH FILESNIFF FILESPEC FILESTATUS INTERFILES MISFILES PREFILES PROFILES PSEUDOFILES REFILES SIGFILES SUBFILES

Words Starting with "FILES"

FILESAVE FILESMITH FILESNIFF FILESPEC FILESTATUS

Words Ending with "FILES"

DEFILES INTERFILES MISFILES PREFILES PROFILES PSEUDOFILES REFILES SIGFILES SUBFILES