error
NOUN
/ɛrər/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH E
error is a valid 5-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1R1R1O1R1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =5 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 10TRIPLE WORD → 15
MEANING
What does error mean?
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1
A misconception resulting from incorrect information.
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2
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
“she was quick to point out my errors”
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3
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
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4
Inadvertent incorrectness.
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5
Part of a statement that is not correct.
“the book was full of errors”
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6
Departure from what is ethically acceptable.
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7
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer.
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