false: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of false
adj
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Based on factually incorrect premises.
Example: false legislation, false punishment
Spurious, artificial.
Example: false teeth
Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Listed forms: falser, falsest.
Source: Wiktionary — false.
verb
To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start.
- obsolete
To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.).
- obsolete
To counterfeit, to forge.
Listed forms: falses, falsing, falsed.
Source: Wiktionary — false.
adv
In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
Source: Wiktionary — false.
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 false.
adjective
arising from error
adjective
inappropriate to reality or facts
adjective
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adjective
inaccurate in pitch
- off-key
- sour
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is false in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of false
F(4) + A(1) + L(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 8 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 false
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from false
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in false. Showing up to 24, longest first.