Definition of failed

"failed" in the verb sense

1. fail, neglect

fail to do something leave something undone

"She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"

"The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

2. fail, go wrong, miscarry

be unsuccessful

"Where do today's public schools fail?"

"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

3. fail, betray

disappoint, prove undependable to abandon, forsake

"His sense of smell failed him this time"

"His strength finally failed him"

"His children failed him in the crisis"

4. fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

stop operating or functioning

"The engine finally went"

"The car died on the road"

"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"

"The coffee maker broke"

"The engine failed on the way to town"

"her eyesight went after the accident"

5. fail

be unable

"I fail to understand your motives"

6. fail

judge unacceptable

"The teacher failed six students"

7. fail, flunk, bomb, flush it

fail to get a passing grade

"She studied hard but failed nevertheless"

"Did I fail the test?"

8. fail

fall short in what is expected

"She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"

"We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"

9. fail

become bankrupt or insolvent fail financially and close

"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"

"A number of banks failed that year"

10. fail, run out, give out

prove insufficient

"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

11. fail

get worse

"Her health is declining"

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Quotations for failed

Sweet letters of the angel tongue,
I've loved ye long and well.
And never have failed in your fragrance sweet
To find some secret spell -
A charm that has bound me with witching power,
For mine is the old belief,
That midst your sweets and midst your bloom,
There's a soul in every leaf! [ M. M. Ballou ]

Critics are men who have failed in literature and art. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal. [ Seneca ]

It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all, unless you are parachuting. [ Danny ]

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. [ Denzel Washington ]

It is the height of folly to throw up attempting because you have failed. Failures are wonderful elements in developing the character. [ Anon ]

Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose - a power to accomplish all that we undertake; for we might multiply examples to prove that this definition of genius contains more than the thing defined. Cicero failed in poetry. Pope in painting. Addison in oratory; yet it would be harsh to deny genius to these men. [ Colton ]

Whatever we may say against such collections which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so composed, so full of wisdom, that we are able to take in at once the whole scope of a work according to its merits. Do we not mark in a book passages which seem, to have a direct reference to ourselves? Young people especially, who have failed in acquiring a complete cultivation of the mind, are roused in a praiseworthy way by brilliant quotations." [ Goethe ]

failed in Scrabble®

The word failed is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters failed:

FAILED
(42)
AFIELD
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word failed

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In failed

FAILED
(42)
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(42)
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(39)
FIELD
(39)
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(36)
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failed in Words With Friends™

The word failed is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters failed:

FAILED
(63)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word failed

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In failed

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(63)
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(57)
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(57)
AFIELD
(57)
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(54)
FIELD
(54)
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(51)
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(51)
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(51)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(45)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(33)
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(33)
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(30)
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Words within the letters of failed

2 letter words in failed (8 words)

3 letter words in failed (13 words)

5 letter words in failed (4 words)

6 letter words in failed (Anagrams) (2 words)

failed + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence failed

Words that start with failed (1 word)

Words with failed in them (1 word)

Words that end with failed (1 word)

Word Growth involving failed

Shorter words in failed

ai ail ailed

led ailed

ai ail fail

fa fail

Longer words containing failed

(No longer words found)