FALL — 4 letter word
fall
The word fall has 4 letters: F, A, L, L. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. As a verb, it means "drop oneself to a lower or less erect position".
4 letter word "fall": F A L L — verb
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends: 9
Letter Analysis of fall
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| L | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of fall
verb
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- lose an upright position suddenly Synonyms: fall down
- slope downward "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
- move in a specified direction "The line of men fall forward"
- be inherited by Synonyms: return
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot Synonyms: light
- come into the possession of Synonyms: accrue
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- to be given by right or inheritance
- lose office or power
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin "We must stand or fall"
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose one's chastity "a fallen woman"
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly Synonyms: strike
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- be due "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
- come under, be classified or included "fall into a category" Synonyms: come
- fall from clouds "rain, snow and sleet were falling" Synonyms: precipitate, come down
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind "fall into a trap"
- decrease in size, extent, or range Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen
- come as if by falling Synonyms: settle, descend
- go as if by falling
- occur at a specified time or place "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"
- begin vigorously
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- come out
- be cast down
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- fall or flow in a certain way Synonyms: flow, hang
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way Synonyms: come down, descend, go down
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) Synonyms: surrender
- a sudden drop from an upright position Synonyms: spill, tumble
- a lapse into sin
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity Synonyms: drop, dip, free fall
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity Synonyms: drop
- a movement downward "the rise and fall of the tides" Synonyms: descent
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" Synonyms: downfall
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat Synonyms: pin
- a downward slope or bend Synonyms: descent, declination, declension, declivity, decline
- the time of day immediately following sunset Synonyms: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees "in the fall of 1973" Synonyms: autumn