6 Letters
4 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use fossil as a article or as a noun in a sentence.
About Fossil
A 2 syllables article and 6 letters with the letters f, i, l, o, and s, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ss. Fossil starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fo, fos, foss, fossi, and the ending characters are l, il, sil, ssil, ossil, . Fossil is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
Origin/Roots
French
School Grade
Fossil is set as a grade five word that starts with f, ends with l, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
Scrabble
Is fossil a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Fossil in Pig Latin is said as "ossilfay or ossilfway".
Unigram
f | o | s | s | i | l
Bigram
fo | os | ss | si | il
Trigram
fos | oss | ssi | sil
Quadrigram
foss | ossi | ssil
Word Gram
Noun Examples
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
someone whose style is out of fashion
Article Examples
characteristic of a fossil

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Fossil"

There are 174 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 fossil.

SynonymDefinition
Afterglowthe pleasure of remembering some pleasant event
"he basked in the afterglow of his victory"
Afterimagean image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
Aftersensationan image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
Amboa platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Ancient Manuscript
Antediluviana very old (or old fashioned) person
Antiqueany piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
Antiquityan artifact surviving from the past
Applesaucenonsensical talk or writing
Archaicismthe use of an archaic expression

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from fossil.

Anagram Definition
Fossilthe remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

View English words with the unique letters used in fossil. Words With The Letters Filos

Derives

Fossil derives from 2 words.

Word Definition
Fossilisebecome mentally inflexible
Fossilizebecome mentally inflexible

Hypernyms

Fossil has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Remainsthe dead body of a human being

Hyponyms

There are 8 hyponyms for fossil

Word Definition
Ammoniteone of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Ammonoidone of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Belemnitea conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae
Fucoidany of various algae of the family Fucaceae
Guide Fossil
Index Fossil
Microfossila fossil that must be studied microscopically
Wormcastfossil trail of a worm

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 fossil.

Is fossil a scrabble word or can you use fossil in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 344923 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 296364 games. This 6 letter 9 point scrabble word can be rearranged 360 ways. What other words can be made with the letters f, i, l, o, and s? There's 10 with 8 letters or less with the letters f, i, l, o, and s. Here is a list of 10 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Fasciola (8 letters) 13 +4 15 +5 fasciola
Lifeboat (8 letters) 13 +4 15 +5 abefilot
Follies (7 letters) 10 +1 12 +2 follies
Fossil (6 letters) 9 10 ssifol
Focalise (8 letters) 13 +4 15 +5 focalise
Solidify (8 letters) 15 +6 15 +5 solidify
Foliose (7 letters) 10 +1 11 +1 foliose
Sixfold (7 letters) 18 +9 19 +9 sixfold
Bifocals (8 letters) 15 +6 18 +8 bifocals
Loftiest (8 letters) 11 +2 12 +2 loftiest





     

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