fake: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of fake
adj
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Example: Which fur coat looks fake?
Insincere
Listed forms: faker, fakest.
Source: Wiktionary — fake.
noun
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
Example: I suspect this passport is a fake.
A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
An impostor.
- archaic
A trick; a swindle.
Listed forms: fakes.
Source: Wiktionary — fake.
verb
- transitive
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- transitive
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
Example: to fake a marriage
- ambitransitive
To improvise, in jazz.
- archaic
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Listed forms: fakes, faking, faked.
Source: Wiktionary — fake.
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 fake.
adjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
adjective
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
noun
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fake in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of fake
F(4) + A(1) + K(5) + E(1) = 11 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 fake
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 fake
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in fake. Showing up to 24, longest first.