fault: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with T
Meaning of fault
noun
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
Example: No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
Example: Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
Example: You're still young, that's your fault.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
Example: Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.
Listed forms: faults.
Source: Wiktionary — fault.
verb
- transitive
To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- intransitive
To fracture.
- intransitive
To commit a mistake or error.
- intransitive
To undergo a page fault.
Listed forms: faults, faulting, faulted.
Source: Wiktionary — fault.
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 fault.
noun
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
noun
an imperfection in an object or machine
noun
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
noun
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fault 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 fault
F(4) + A(1) + U(1) + L(1) + T(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 fault
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 fault
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in fault. Showing up to 24, longest first.