failure: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of failure
noun
- countable, uncountable
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- countable, uncountable
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
Example: heart failure
- countable, uncountable
Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
- countable, uncountable
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
Listed forms: failures.
Source: Wiktionary — failure.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for failure.
noun
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- loser
- nonstarter
- unsuccessful person
noun
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is failure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of failure
F(4) + A(1) + I(1) + L(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of failure
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from failure
93 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in failure. Showing up to 24, longest first.