Scrabble and Words with Friends

• FAILED is a valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• FAILED is a valid Words with Friends word worth 11 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• FAILED is a 6 letter word containing the letters a, d, e, f, i, l.

Definitions

• fail

  verb fail to do something; leave something undone
  She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
  The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account

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• fail

  verb be unsuccessful
  The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

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• fail

  verb disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
  His sense of smell failed him this time
  His strength finally failed him
  His children failed him in the crisis

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• fail

  verb stop operating or functioning
  The engine failed on the way to town

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• fail

  verb be unable

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• fail

  verb judge unacceptable
  The teacher failed six students

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• fail

  verb fail to get a passing grade
  She studied hard but failed nevertheless

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• fail

  verb fall short in what is expected
  She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law

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• fail

  verb become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
  A number of banks failed that year

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• fail

  verb prove insufficient
  The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

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• fail

  verb get worse

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• Lookup FAILED using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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