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FAULT

5 letters - 5 clues in this collection

FAULT is a 5-letter crossword answer with 5 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 44 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

FAULT

FAULT

5Letters
5Clues in collection
44Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for FAULT in this collection

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  • Shortcoming - used 14 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Earthquake line - used 9 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2023
  • Culpability - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Quake locale - used 7 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Pin the blame on - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2022

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with F.

  • FERAL - 5 letters, 339 combined xd usages, 9 clues in this collection
  • FORTE - 5 letters, 307 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • FACET - 5 letters, 301 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • FALSE - 5 letters, 300 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • FLORA - 5 letters, 288 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
  • FATAL - 5 letters, 219 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • FLEET - 5 letters, 193 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • FSTOP - 5 letters, 167 combined xd usages, 8 clues in this collection

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