Is FOILS a Wordle Word?

Yes. FOILS is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

Plurals ending in S are almost never chosen as Wordle answers.

What does FOILS mean?

/fɔɪlz/

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.
7 more noun definitions
  1. (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.
  2. Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
  3. A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
  4. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
  5. A stylized flower or leaf.
  6. A hydrofoil.
  7. An aerofoil/airfoil.

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”
1 more verb definition
  1. To tread underfoot; to trample.

noun

  1. The track of an animal.

verb

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

verb

  1. To defile; to soil.

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FOILS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 47% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
O, I
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
O, I, L

Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern _OILS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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