FAULTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FAULTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAULTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAULTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAULTY
No single letter turns FAULTY into another word.
How FAULTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FAULTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does FAULTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a defect or mistake that stops something from working as it should.
Faulty describes things that are flawed in making or design: wiring that sparks, a plan built on bad assumptions, or an argument with a gap in it. It is a milder word than broken, because a faulty object may still work part of the time. In everyday speech it is the usual word for goods returned to a shop.
How FAULTY is used
Common in everyday and technical English; used for both objects and reasoning.
- A faulty switch caused the lamp to flicker.
- The shop replaced the faulty kettle at once.
- His faulty logic left the whole argument shaky.
- They traced the fire to faulty wiring.
- The report blamed a faulty valve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAULTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FAULTY
Common questions about FAULTY
- Is FAULTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAULTY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAULTY worth?
- FAULTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAULTY mean?
- Having a defect or mistake that stops something from working as it should.
- What letters can be added to FAULTY?
- No single letter can be added to FAULTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FAULTY:
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