fault


Meanings

  • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;
    • "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
  • an imperfection in an object or machine;
  • the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;
    • "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
  • (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"
  • (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"
  • responsibility for a bad situation or event;
    • "it was John's fault"
  • (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area);
    • "he served too many double faults"
  • put or pin the blame on
  • FAULT v -ED -ING, -S to criticize


Scrabble Score: 8

fault is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

fault is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

fault is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

fault is a valid Words With Friends word