šŸ§¶šŸ§µšŸ‘˜ A Wordle of Textiles 🦺🄻🧣

A selection of nouns from the Textile industry, with special focus on borrowed words, extracted by @Documentalista from OED
intended for playing in July 2025

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The Calendar

Players, feel free to use just one of the choices when pairs are offered

  1. CLOTH (of) GOLDs@Documentalista note the many twins in this checkmate game
  2. LYCRA @Heather again several twins and siblings, with deuces and threefers...
  3. AGLET @Mike, Virginia M2 best results if combined with another theme, esp. the Threepeater - for the 3rd day of the month - which was the solution
  4. BRAWL@Mike, Virginia M2
  5. Alice“s Day acrostic @Documentalista if one word preferred LISLE
  6. Square SCARF CarrƩe foulard @Documentalista
  7. DENIM JEANS @Heather
  8. WHORL @Jay, Forest Hill
  9. GRIFF @Monika
  10. NYLON @Violet
  11. RUCHE @Rad
  12. WEAVE @Anita
  13. BAIZE @Dez
  14. OMBRƉ @Jn
  15. PLAID GloriaMay
  16. TWEED @Joyce Summers several twins and almost twins when played with Shark's theme word LEMON
  17. MOIRE @Ivy de Paw
  18. LINEN @Dawn, co. Antrim Ireland
  19. KENTE @U-Roy, France
  20. CHINO Sandy R, Mobile Bay
  21. PEARL Bill G., RVA;Dave, Minn & Fla
  22. SULUS @Wordler it must be TuTu Tuesday!
  23. PASHM @Spelling Marauder
  24. LACIS @Julia, Bay Area
  25. SILKY GAUZE Myle, Santo Domingo saved many from the wrath of the GOFER
  26. MODAL @ADK, Somebury, CT
  27. BATIK Dave, Minn & Fla in combination with another theme word, GHOUL it yielded several Zorros,
  28. OAKUM DrTooth, Ontario
  29. PIQUE Dave, Minn & Fla
  30. YARNS @Julia and @Jay
  31. ISTLE @Spelling Marauder

The List

  1. AGLET A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed as an ornament.
  2. ARRAS A hanging screen of this material formerly placed…
  3. ARROW stitch: In needlework, crochet, etc.) any of various stitches used to form a series or pattern of arrow shapes or chevrons
  4. ATLAS A silk-satin manufactured in the East.
  5. BAIZE A curtain, table-cover, etc. of baize.
  6. BATIK The Javanese art and method (introduced into…
  7. BILLY A term applied to various machines… = billy-goat…
  8. BOTEH A motif in the shape of a curved droplet, used in…
  9. BRAKE A toothed instrument for braking flax or hemp.
  10. BRAWL ā€˜A blue and white striped cloth manufactured in…
  11. BREDE Anything plaited, entwined, or interwoven; a…
  12. BRIDE In plural. Delicate threads connecting the patterns in certain kinds of lace.
  13. BROAD CLOTH In early use: any woollen cloth woven in strips of double width … more generally, a densely woven woollen cloth of high quality.
  14. CAFFA A rich silk cloth, apparently similar to damask…
  15. CARDE A type of fabric (probably linen or muslin) used for canopies, curtains, linings, etc.
  16. CHINE A fabric, esp. a silk, whose pattern is created…
  17. CHINO A cotton twill cloth, usually khaki in colour…
  18. CLOTH A name given, in the most general sense, to every…
  19. CLOTH (of) GOLDs GOLDY a tissue consisting of threads, wires or strips of gold, generally interwoven with silk or wool; also applied to gilded cloth; cloth of silver, a cloth similarly woven with silver.
  20. CRAPE Any of various light, thin fabrics, often having…
  21. CRASH A coarse kind of linen, used for towels, etc.
  22. CREPE Any of various light, thin fabrics, often having…
  23. CREST Some kind of linen cloth.
  24. DENIM A name originally given to a kind of serge; now…
  25. FIBRO Chiefly with capital initial. A brand name for: a…
  26. FILET A ribbon, string, or narrow band of any material used for binding the hair, or worn round the head to keep the headdress in position, or simply for ornament.
  27. FITCH In basket-making, a kind of plait in which two…
  28. FLEUR In names of artificial silk materials, as fleur de chine, fleur de soie (also fleursoie).
  29. FLOCK plural. A material consisting of the coarse tufts…
  30. FLOSS The rough silk which envelops the cocoon of the…
  31. FOULE A type of light pressed woollen fabric; (hence)…
  32. FUGAL A centrifugal machine for drying wool.
  33. GAUZE A very thin, transparent fabric of silk, linen…
  34. GIMPS Silk, worsted, or cotton twist with a cord or…
  35. GODET A triangular panel of material inserted into the…
  36. GREEN LYRES In medieval England: a type of green cloth from Lier in Brabant.
  37. GRIFF A frame composed of horizontal bars employed pattern-weaving. Also griff-frame.
  38. GUNNY A coarse material used chiefly for sacking and…
  39. HEALD Heddle In plural, The small cords (or, wires) through which the warp is passed in a loom after going through the reed, and by means of which the warp threads are separated into two sets so as to allow the passage of the shuttle bearing the weft.
  40. HONAN Designating a type of plain-weave pongee silk originally manufactured in Henan. Chiefly in form Honan. Henan silk,
  41. HURDS Usually with plural agreement. The coarser parts…
  42. INKLE A kind of linen tape, formerly much used for various uses. Of inferior quality to ribbon
  43. ISTLE A valuable fibre obtained (in Mexico and CentralAmerica) from Bromelia sylvestris and species of Agave, as A. ixtli, and used for cordage, nets, carpets, etc.
  44. JEANS With plural agreement. Garments made of heavy…
  45. JUTES The fibre obtained from the bark of the plants…
  46. KANGA A type of cotton fabric printed with designs in…
  47. KENTE In full, kente cloth. In Ghana, a banded…
  48. KHADI Indian home-spun cotton cloth.
  49. KHAKI Dust-coloured; dull brownish yellow, drab.
  50. KIKOI A long piece of woven cloth with a fringed edge…
  51. KNOCK A bundle of heckled flax.
  52. LACCY Elastic. Also occasionally: an elastic band…
  53. LACET A flat braided tape; esp. a braid used to form…
  54. LACIS Embroidery. A lace created by embroidering…
  55. LAWNS A kind of fine linen, resembling cambric; plural…
  56. LEASE The crossing of the warp-threads in a loom; the…
  57. LENOS A kind of cotton gauze, used for caps, veils…
  58. LESOS A type of cotton fabric printed with designs in…
  59. LIMBO A South African name for a kind of coarse calico.
  60. LINEN Cloth woven from flax.
  61. LINGO In various types of loom: a small weight…
  62. LISLE Used attributively in Lisle glove, Lisle lace…
  63. LISSE A kind of silk gauze.
  64. LODEN A heavy waterproof woollen cloth. Used…
  65. LOVAT Designating a type of tweed or a garment made of…
  66. LUNGI A loin cloth. Also, the material of which this is…
  67. LYCRA A proprietary name of an elastic polyurethane…
  68. MADGE A lead hammer covered with strong woollen cloth…
  69. MAUND A basket made of wicker or other woven material…
  70. MODAL A type of rayon fibre made mainly from beechwood pulp, used to make clothing and household linen
  71. MOIRE Of silk: having a rippled, lustrous finish…
  72. MOMIE More fully momie cloth. A commercial name for…
  73. MOREE Usually in plural (sometimes with singular…
  74. NINON A lightweight fabric, made in a plain weave from…
  75. NYLON Any of various synthetic thermoplastic polymers…
  76. OAKUM Originally: the coarse woody fibres (hurds or tow) separated from the finer fibres of flax or hemp; (also) †clippings, trimmings, shreds (obsolete). Later (also): esp. loosely twisted fibres obtained chiefly by untwisting and picking old hemp rope;
  77. OMBRE A fabric woven, dyed, or printed in colour tones…
  78. ORRIS In full orris lace. Ornamental braid or lacing of…
  79. PADOU A kind of silk tape or ribbon.
  80. PANNE A soft, lustrous silk or rayon fabric with a…
  81. PASHM The soft underfur of Tibetan goats (of which…
  82. PATTU A woollen fabric typically made of the coarse…
  83. PEARL = purl, n.¹ I.1, I.2, III.5.
  84. PETIT POINT A small delicate embroidery stitch; spec. =…
  85. PHOTA A cotton fabric originally produced in India…
  86. PICOT Any of a series of small loops of twisted thread…
  87. PIQUE Of fabric, a garment, a style of sewing, etc…
  88. PIUMA A type of light fabric.
  89. PLAID
  90. PLEAT A fold of cloth or drapery; (now) esp. any of a…
  91. PLUSH A rich fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or other…
  92. POINT COUPE Lacework in which sections of the net ground are…
  93. POULT = poult-de-soie, n. Also: a similar fabric…
  94. PREEM A type of comb used for loosening or freeing yarn…
  95. PUNTO (Also more fully punto a maglia quadra) a type of…
  96. QUILT A bed covering consisting of two joined pieces of…
  97. RAVEL A tangle, a knot; a tangled mass, a cluster. Also…
  98. RAYON Any of the class of fibres and filaments made from regenerated cellulose. Also: fabric made from such fibres, used for clothing, furnishings, and surgical and industrial items; also called artificial silk.
  99. ROLAG A roll of carded wool ready for spinning.
  100. ROWAN A roll of wool, carded and ready for spinning; =…
  101. RUBAN A ribbon. In later use only in French-speaking…
  102. RUCHE A frill or pleat of fabric used to trim a garment…
  103. RUMAL a. A thin, usually patterned silk or cotton…
  104. SATIN A silk fabric with a smooth, glossy surface on…
  105. SATIN LISSE A type of cotton fabric having a satin-like…
  106. SCARF A broad band of silk or other material, worn (chiefly by soldiers or officials) either diagonally across the body from one shoulder to the opposite hip, or round the wais
  107. SCRAW A frame upon which textile fabrics are hung to…
  108. SERGE A woollen fabric, the nature of which has…
  109. SHIRR Elastic webbing; also, the elastic thread used in…
  110. SHIVE Paper-making. A dark particle in finished paper…
  111. SHOTS A ā€˜shot’ silken or other fabric.
  112. SHOVE The woody core of flax or hemp. Also, a fragment…
  113. SHUTE The weft. (Cf. shoot, n.¹ 4.)
  114. SILKS SILKY The cloth or textile fabric woven or made from…
  115. SKEIN A quantity of thread or yarn, wound to a certain…
  116. SLAYS An instrument used in weaving to beat up the…
  117. SLIPE A certain quality of skin-wool.
  118. SNAIL chenille, n.
  119. SPECK A patch or piece of leather used in the making or…
  120. SPOOL Any cylinder on which cord, wire, tape, etc., is…
  121. SPRAT In the manufacture of linen: particles of woody…
  122. SPRIT In the manufacture of linen: particles of woody…
  123. STADE Some textile fabric.
  124. STEEK A stitch in sewing or knitting. Also in…
  125. SULUS In Fiji: a length of cotton cloth wrapped about…
  126. SUPER High quality wool; a product made of this. Cf…
  127. SURAH A soft twilled silk fabric used for women`s…
  128. TABIN Apparently the same as TABBY, A general term for a silk taffeta, apparently originally striped, but afterwards applied also to silks of uniform colour waved or watered.
  129. TAMIN A thin woollen cloth: = stamin, n. Also…
  130. TAMMY A fine worsted cloth of good quality, often with…
  131. TAPET A piece of figured cloth used as a hanging…
  132. TAPIS A cloth worked with artistic designs in colours, used as a curtain, tablecloth, carpet, or the like.
  133. TEASE To separate or pull apart the fibres of (wool, flax, etc.) in preparation for spinning; to comb or card. In extended use: to open out or pull (something) apart; to shred.
  134. TERRY The loop raised in pile-weaving (pile, n.⁶ I.1)…
  135. THRUM A short piece of waste thread or yarn (including the unwoven ends of the warp...odds and ends of thread; also, a short or loose end of thread projecting from the surface of a woven fabric; a tuft, tassel, or fringe of threads at the edge of a piece of cloth
  136. TOILE Any of various cotton or linen fabrics, used esp…
  137. TOILE CHINE A light linen-like cloth originally made in China…
  138. TRIPE An imitation velvet of wool or thread…
  139. TULLE A fine silk bobbin-net used for women's dresses…
  140. TWEED A coarse, hard-wearing woollen fabric originally…
  141. TWILL A woven fabric characterized by parallel diagonal…
  142. TWINE Thread or string composed of two or more yarns or…
  143. VOILE A thin semi-transparent cotton or woollen…
  144. WEAVE To form or fabricate (a stuff or material) by interlacing yarns or other filaments of a particular substance in a continuous web;
  145. WEFTS The threads that cross from side to side of a web, at right angles to the warp threads with which they are interlaced
  146. WHARE = wharrow, n.grooved pulley in a spinning wheel
  147. WHORL gen. A convolution, coil, curl, ā€˜wreath’
  148. YARNS Originally, spun fibre, as of cotton, silk, wool…
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Pub: 25 May 2025 05:40 UTC

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