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Folly

Folly is a 5 letter word, used as a noun, with Old French origins, and has the letters flloy (floy). Starts with f, ends with y, four consonants, one vowel and two syllables.

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5 Letters
4 Consonants
1 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use folly as a noun in a sentence.
About Folly
A 2 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters f, l, o, and y, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Folly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fo, fol, foll, and the ending characters are y, ly, lly, olly, . Folly is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
Foolish or senseless behavior
Origin/Roots
Old French
Scrabble
Is folly a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Folly in Pig Latin is said as "ollyfay or ollyfway".
Unigram
f | o | l | l | y
Bigram
fo | ol | ll | ly
Trigram
fol | oll | lly
Quadrigram
foll | olly
Word Gram
Noun Examples
foolish or senseless behavior
a stupid mistake
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
the quality of being rash and foolish

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Folly"

There are 330 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to folly.

SynonymDefinition
Aberrationan optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Abnormalitybehavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
Absurditya ludicrous folly
"the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown''s behavior"
Absurdnessa message whose content is at variance with reason
Act Of Folly
Alienationthe action of alienating
the action of causing to become unfriendly
"his behavior alienated the other students"
Amentia
Antic
Applesaucenonsensical talk or writing
Asininity

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from folly.
Anagram Definition
Follyfoolish or senseless behavior

View English words with the unique letters used in folly. Words With The Letters Floy

Derives

Folly derives from 3 words.
Word Definition
Foola person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Fool Around
Horse Around

Hypernyms

Folly has 5 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Caper
Frolic
Gambol
Playthe act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Romp

Hyponyms

There are 8 hyponyms for folly
Word Definition
Buffooneryacting like a clown or buffoon
Clowningacting like a clown or buffoon
Frivolityacting like a clown or buffoon
Harlequinadeacting like a clown or buffoon
Meshugaas(Yiddish) craziness;
senseless behavior or activity
Mishegaas(Yiddish) craziness;
senseless behavior or activity
Mishegoss(Yiddish) craziness;
senseless behavior or activity
Prankacting like a clown or buffoon

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word folly.

Is folly a scrabble word or can you use folly in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 392123 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 478971 games. This 5 letter 11 point scrabble word can be rearranged 60 ways. What other words can be made with the letters f, l, o, and y? There's 8 with 7 letters or less with the letters f, l, o, and y. Here is a list of 8 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Layoff (6 letters) 15 +4 15 +3 layoff
Folly (5 letters) 11 12 flloy
Floozy (6 letters) 21 +10 21 +9 floozy
Lay Off (7 letters)
Focally (7 letters) 15 +4 17 +5 acflloy
Flyboy (6 letters) 17 +6 17 +5 flyboy
Fly Off (7 letters)
Aloofly (7 letters) 13 +2 14 +2 afllooy

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