Menu
Find words

facial

/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
adjectivenoun

Of or affecting the face.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Of or affecting the face.

  2. Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.

  3. (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).

    “The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.”

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.

  2. A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

FACIAL at a glance

FACIAL has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + C 3 + I 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,952 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with facial

All rhymes

One letter away

Change one letter, keep the rest

Keep going