FAULT — 5 letter word
fault
The word fault has 5 letters: F, A, U, L, T. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "a wrong action attributable to bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention".
5 letter word "fault": F A U L T — noun
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 10
Letter analysis of fault
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of fault
noun
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention Synonyms: mistake
- in tennis, a serve that is illegal, e.g one that lands outside the prescribed area "They served too many double faults."
- responsibility for a bad situation or event "The mistake was completely my fault."
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection "I have a number of faults in my personality." Synonyms: demerit
- in electronics, equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit, such as a loose connection, insulation failure or short circuit "It took much longer to find the fault than to fix it."
- a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other "They built it right over a geological fault." Synonyms: break, shift, fracture, faulting, geological fault
- an imperfection in an object or machine "The toaster has a number of faults – I had to take it back to the retailer." Synonyms: defect, flaw
verb
- to put or pin the blame on "I couldn't fault the intern for the mistakes that had been made." Synonyms: blame
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