4 Letters
2 Consonants
2 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use fail as a verb in a sentence.
About Fail
A 1 syllables verb and 4 letters with the letters a, f, i, and l, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ai. Fail starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fa, fai, and the ending characters are l, il, ail, ..
Definition
Get worse; "Her health is declining"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Fail is set as a grade five word that starts with f, ends with l, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 4 letters.
Scrabble
Is fail a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Fail in Pig Latin is said as "ailfay or ailfway".
Unigram
f | a | i | l
Bigram
fa | ai | il
Trigram
fai | ail
Quadrigram
fail
Word Gram
Verb Examples
get worse;
"Her health is declining"
stop operating or functioning;
"The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road";
"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";
"The coffee maker broke";
"The engine failed on the way to town";
"her eyesight went after the accident"
prove insufficient;
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
disappoint, prove undependable to;
abandon, forsake;
"His sense of smell failed him this time";
"His strength finally failed him";
"His children failed him in the crisis"
become bankrupt or insolvent;
fail financially and close;
"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor";
"A number of banks failed that year"
fall short in what is expected;
"She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law";
"We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
fail to get a passing grade;
"She studied hard but failed nevertheless";
"Did I fail the test?"
judge unacceptable;
"The teacher failed six students"
be unsuccessful;
"Where do today's public schools fail?";
"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
fail to do something;
leave something undone;
"She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib";
"The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
be unable;
"I fail to understand your motives"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Fail"

There are 399 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 fail.

SynonymDefinition
Abandonthe trait of lacking restraint or control
freedom from inhibition or worry
"she danced with abandon"
Abortterminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Advancethe act of moving forward toward a goal
Agehow long something has existed
"it was replaced because of its age"
Aggrandiseadd details to
Aggrandizeadd details to
Assumeput clothing on one''s body
"What should I wear today?"
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"
"The princess donned a long blue dress"
"The queen assumed the stately robes"
"He got into his jeans"
Backslidinga failure to maintain a higher state
Bankruptsomeone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
Become Insolvent

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from fail.

Anagram Definition
Failget worse
"Her health is declining"

View English words with the unique letters used in fail. Words With The Letters Afil

Hypernyms

Fail has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Declinea downward slope or bend
Worsengrow worse
"Conditions in the slum worsened"

Names With The Word "Fail"

4 names are spelled with fail.

NameMaleFemale
RafailaNoYes
RafailYesNo
RafailoYesNo
FailakYesNo

Words To Word lists That The Word Fail Can Be Found In.

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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 fail.

Is fail a scrabble word or can you use fail in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 6051 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 7983 games. This 4 letter 7 point scrabble word can be rearranged 24 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, f, i, and l? There's 20 with 6 letters or less with the letters a, f, i, and l. Here is a list of 20 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Finial (6 letters) 9 +2 11 +3 afiiln
Flail (5 letters) 8 +1 10 +2 flail
Frail (5 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 frail
Flair (5 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 frail
Fulani (6 letters) 9 +2 12 +4 fulani
Final (5 letters) 8 +1 10 +2 final
Pilaf (5 letters) 10 +3 12 +4 pilaf
Pilaff (6 letters) 14 +7 16 +8 pilaff
Family (6 letters) 14 +7 15 +7 family
Faisal (6 letters) 9 +2 10 +2 faisal
Ulfila (6 letters) 9 +2 12 +4 ulfila
Flavin (6 letters) 12 +5 15 +7 flavin
Fail (4 letters) 7 8 fail
Filial (6 letters) 9 +2 11 +3 filial
Filar (5 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 frail
Fairly (6 letters) 12 +5 12 +4 fairly
Frazil (6 letters) 18 +11 19 +11 frazil
Folia (5 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 folia
Finals (6 letters) 9 +2 11 +3 finals
Fulvia (6 letters) 12 +5 15 +7 fulvia





     

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