Scrabble and Words with Friends

• FAULT is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• FAULT is a valid Words with Friends word worth 9 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• FAULT is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, f, l, t, u.

Definitions

• fault

  noun a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults

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• fault

  noun an imperfection in an object or machine

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• fault

  noun the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
  he knew his own faults much better than she did

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• fault

  noun (geology) 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
  he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

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• fault

  noun (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
  it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it

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• fault

  noun responsibility for a bad situation or event
  it was John's fault

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• fault

  noun (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
  he served too many double faults

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• fault

  verb put or pin the blame on

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• Lookup FAULT using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Synonyms

Words that sound like 'fault'

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