What does ERROR mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈɛrər/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
5
Words With Friends score
5
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention“he made a bad mistake”
  2. inadvertent incorrectness
  3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information
  4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
  5. departure from what is ethically acceptable
  6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
  7. part of a statement that is not correct“the book was full of errors”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

errors6

Anagrams of ERROR

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside ERROR

7 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

err3ore3 roe3er2oe2or2re2

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Word lists

Questions

Is ERROR a valid word in word games?

ERROR is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is ERROR worth?

ERROR is worth 5 points with Scrabble letter values and 5 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from ERROR?

7 other words, including OR, RE, ER and ORE.