Fairing

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

The action of smoothing or levelling a surface to a fair line, particularly in boatbuilding or carpentry.

“The shipwright spent the afternoon fairing the hull to ensure a smooth curve.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

fair·ing

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Synonyms

smoothinglevellingtruing

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Wordle

Uncommon technical word, contains two I's which is a useful Wordle fact

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G adds moderate value, two I tiles can be tricky to use in Scrabble

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failing lairing

Words you can make from Fairing

Shorter words formed from the letters in “fairing”.

airing faring firing agrin argin fagin garni grain infra irani irfan irian iring agin airn arni fain fair fang fiar fini firn frag frig

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