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Rail Fence

Definition: Rail Fence

Rail Fence

Noun

1. A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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Crosswords: Rail Fence

English words defined with "rail fence": ledger boardsnake fence, snake-rail fenceVirginia fenceworm fence. (references)

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Modern Usage: Rail Fence

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Pretty Girls and the Rail Fence (1897)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rail Fence

Photos:
Rail Fence

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Expression: Rail Fence

Expression using "rail fence": Virginia rail fence. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "rail fence": snake-rail fence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rail Fence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

split rail fence

223

post and rail fence

32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Rail Fence

Language Translations for "rail fence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

тараба, дъсчена ограда. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailray encefay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Rail Fence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-l-n-r"

-1 letter: flanerie, reliance.

-2 letters: aliener, carline, cleaner, faience, fancier, fiancee, filaree, leafier, reclean, recline.

-3 letters: aliner, careen, carlin, carnie, ceiler, cereal, crenel, eclair, enface, enlace, facile, faerie, fainer, farcie, fecial, feline, fencer, feriae, ferial, ferine, ferlie, fiacre, fiance, fierce, finale, infare, inlace, lacier, lancer, larine, leaner, liefer, lierne, linear, nailer, recane, reface, refile, refine, relace, relief, reline, renail.

-4 letters: aerie, afire, alien, aline, anele, anile, areic, ariel, cairn, calif, caner, carle, ceria, clean, clear, cline, crane, creel, elain, elfin, erica, facer, farce, farci, farle, fecal, fence, feral, feria, filar, filer, final, finer, flair, flare, fleer, flier, frail, franc, frena, ileac, infer, infra, lacer, lance, laree, learn, liane, lifer, linac, liner, nacre, naric, nicer, niece, rance, ranee, refel, relic, renal, rifle.

-5 letters: acne, acre, airn, alec, alee, alef, alif, anil, aril, cafe, cain, calf, cane, care, carl, carn, ceil, cere, cine, cire, clan, clef, earl, earn, elan, erne, face, fail, fain, fair, fane, fare, farl, feal, fear, feel, fere, fern, fiar, fice, fila, file, fine, fire, firn, flan, flea, flee, flic, frae, free, ilea, lace, laic, lain, lair, lane, lari, leaf, lean, lear, leer, liar, lice, lief, lien, lier, life, line, lira, lire, naif, nail, narc, near, neif, nice, race, rail, rain, rale, rani, real, reef, reel, reif, rein, rial, rice, riel, rife, rile.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-l-n-r"
 

+2 letters: freelancing.

 

+3 letters: conferential, frenetically, reflectional.

 

+4 letters: reinforceable.

 

+5 letters: antireflection, antireflective, enforceability, interfaculties, reconfigurable, ultraefficient.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Rail Fence


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 69 6C      46 65 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000110 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#105 &#108 &#32 &#70 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 0069 006C      0046 0065 006E 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5267757824071806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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