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Is falter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word falter is a Scrabble US word. The word falter is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

F4A1L1T1E1R1

Is falter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word falter is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

F4A1L1T1E1R1

Is falter a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word falter is a Words With Friends word. The word falter is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4A1L2T1E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

FALTER,

5-letter words (15 found)

AFTER,ALEFT,ALERT,ALTER,ARTEL,FARLE,FEART,FERAL,FETAL,FLARE,FRATE,LATER,RATEL,TALER,TREFA,

4-letter words (38 found)

ALEF,ARET,ARLE,EARL,FARE,FARL,FART,FATE,FEAL,FEAR,FEAT,FELT,FETA,FLAT,FLEA,FRAE,FRAT,FRET,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAF,LEAR,LEAT,LEFT,RAFT,RALE,RATE,REAL,REFT,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,TERF,TREF,

3-letter words (34 found)

AFT,ALE,ALF,ALT,ARE,ARF,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EFT,ELF,ELT,ERA,ERF,ETA,FAE,FAR,FAT,FER,FET,FRA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,REF,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEF,TEL,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EF,EL,ER,ET,FA,FE,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 104 words from falter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of falter

falter

Alternative forms

  • faulter (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English falteren (“to stagger”), further origin unknown. Possibly from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːl.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɒl.tə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔl.tɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɑl.tɚ/

Noun

falter (plural falters)

  1. An unsteadiness.

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Verb

falter (third-person singular simple present falters, present participle faltering, simple past and past participle faltered)

  1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
  3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
  4. To stumble.
  5. (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
  6. To hesitate in purpose or action.
  7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.

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Source: wiktionary.org