foil
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When foil helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
F I L O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- FO start
- IL ending
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- foil is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, i, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A very thin sheet of metal.
noun
Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
"wrap the sandwich up in foil"
noun
A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
noun
(authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
noun
Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
noun
A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
noun
A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
noun
A stylized flower or leaf.
noun
A hydrofoil.
noun
An aerofoil/airfoil.
verb
To cover or wrap with foil.
noun
Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
noun
One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
verb
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
"I was foiled by my superior"
verb
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
"They foiled my plans."
verb
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
"to foil the scent in hunting"
verb
To tread underfoot; to trample.
noun
The track of an animal.
verb
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
verb
To defile; to soil.