FOILS

5 letters 8 Scrabble points /fɔɪlz/

Definition of FOILS

noun

  1. A very thin sheet of metal.

  2. Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

    "wrap the sandwich up in foil"

  3. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

Related words: aluminium foil silver foil silver paper tin foil
verb

  1. To cover or wrap with foil.

noun

  1. Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

  2. One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.

verb

  1. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.

    "I was foiled by my superior"

  2. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

    "They foiled my plans."

  3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil.

    "to foil the scent in hunting"

Related words: put the kibosh on scupper thwart
noun

  1. The track of an animal.

Related words: spoor
verb

  1. To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

verb

  1. To defile; to soil.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

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

Anagrams of FOILS

Words that use the same letters:

FILOS FLOIS FLOSI

Words Containing "FOILS"

AEROFOILS AIRFOILS CINQUEFOILS FOILSMAN FOILSMEN HYDROFOILS MILFOILS QUATREFOILS TINFOILS TREFOILS

Words Starting with "FOILS"

FOILSMAN FOILSMEN

Words Ending with "FOILS"

AEROFOILS AIRFOILS CINQUEFOILS HYDROFOILS MILFOILS QUATREFOILS TINFOILS TREFOILS