Meaning
- (verb) To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- (verb) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- (verb) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- (verb) To stumble.
- (verb) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- (verb) To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (verb) To cleanse or sift, as barley.
Letter breakdown
- Faltered contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Words from these letters
- alerted
- altered
- deflate
- draftee
- federal
- related
- treadle
- dafter
- deafer
- dealer
- defeat
- defter
- elated
- falter
- farted
- feared
- felted
- flared
- leader
- leafed
- lefter
- rafted
- relate
- teared
- after
- alder
- alert
- alter
- dealt
- defer
- delta
- deter
- draft
- eater
- elate
- elder
- fared
- fated
- feral
- fetal
- feted
- flare
- fleet
- freed
- later
- rated
- tared
- trade
- tread
- treed
- daft
- dale
- dare
- dart
- date
- deaf
- deal
- dear
- deer
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with FAL
- falcon
- falconer
- falconers
- falconry
- falcons
- fall
- fallacies
- fallacious
- fallaciously
- fallacy
- fallen
- fallibility
- fallible
- fallibly
- falling
- falloff
- falloffs
- fallout
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Words ending with RED
Reader questions
What does Faltered mean?
To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
How many letters are in Faltered?
Faltered has 8 letters.
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