Definition of foil

"foil" in the noun sense

1. foil

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"

2. foil, enhancer

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

"pretty girls like plain friends as foils"

3. hydrofoil, foil

a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

"the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"

4. foil, transparency

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base viewed with a projector

5. foil

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

"foil" in the verb sense

1. foil

enhance by contrast

"In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

2. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"

"foil your opponent"

3. foil

cover or back with foil

"foil mirrors"

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Quotations for foil

He needs no foil, but shines by his own proper light. [ John Dryden ]

foil in Scrabble®

The word foil is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters foil:

FOIL
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word foil

FOIL
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The 55 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In foil

FOIL
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foil in Words With Friends™

The word foil is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters foil:

FOIL
(48)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word foil

FOIL
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The 59 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In foil

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Words within the letters of foil

2 letter words in foil (2 words)

3 letter words in foil (1 word)

4 letter words in foil (1 word)

foil + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving foil

Shorter words in foil

oil

Longer words containing foil

aerofoil aerofoils

airfoil airfoils

counterfoil counterfoils

foiled multifoiled

foiled octofoiled

foiled polyfoiled

foiled quadrifoiled

foiled quarterfoiled

foiled quinquefoiled

foiled sexfoiled

foiled trefoiled quatrefoiled

foiling

foils aerofoils

foils airfoils

foils counterfoils

foils hexafoils

foils holofoils

foils hydrofoils

foils jetfoils

foils milfoils

foils multifoils

foils octofoils

foils parafoils

foils perdifoils

foils polyfoils

foils quadrifoils

foils quarterfoils

foils quinquefoils

foils sexfoils

foils tinfoils

foils trefoils quatrefoils

hexafoil hexafoils

holofoil holofoils

hydrofoil hydrofoils

jetfoil jetfoils

milfoil milfoils

multifoil multifoiled

multifoil multifoils

octofoil octofoiled

octofoil octofoils

parafoil parafoils

perdifoil perdifoils

polyfoil polyfoiled

polyfoil polyfoils

quadrifoil quadrifoiled

quadrifoil quadrifoils

quarterfoil quarterfoiled

quarterfoil quarterfoils

quinquefoil quinquefoiled

quinquefoil quinquefoils

sexfoil sexfoiled

sexfoil sexfoils

tinfoil tinfoils

trefoil quatrefoil quatrefoiled

trefoil quatrefoil quatrefoils

trefoil trefoile trefoiled quatrefoiled

trefoil trefoillike

trefoil trefoils quatrefoils