Scrabble & Words with friends points
- faults is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- faults is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- faults is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of faults
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun)
Examples
- I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
Synonyms
- error
- mistake
- an imperfection in an object or machine (noun)
Synonyms
- defect
- flaw
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection (noun)
Examples
- he knew his own faults much better than she did
Synonyms
- demerit
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (noun)
Examples
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Synonyms
- break
- faulting
- fracture
- geological fault
- shift
- put or pin the blame on (verb)
Synonyms
- blame
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) (noun)
Examples
- it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
- responsibility for a bad situation or event (noun)
Examples
- it was John's fault
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) (noun)
Examples
- he served too many double faults
See definition of faults in Merriam Webster