What does FAINT mean?

Pronunciation
/feɪnt/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
9
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

adjective

  1. deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc“a faint outline”
  2. lacking clarity or distinctness“a dim figure in the distance”
  3. lacking strength or vigor“damning with faint praise”
  4. weak and likely to lose consciousness“suddenly felt faint from the pain”
  5. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived“a faint clue to the origin of the mystery”
  6. lacking conviction or boldness or courage“faint heart ne'er won fair lady”

verb

  1. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

noun

  1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

faints9fainted11fainter10faintest11fainting12

Anagrams of FAINT

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

Words inside FAINT

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

anti4 fain7fiat7 naif7tain4aft6ain3ait3ani3ant3 fan6 fat6 fin6 fit6 nit3tan3 tin3 ai2 an2at2 fa5 if5in2 it2na2ta2ti2

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Questions

Is FAINT a valid word in word games?

FAINT 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 FAINT worth?

FAINT is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 9 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from FAINT?

27 other words, including IN, IT, AT and AN.