Crossword-Solution: FALTER 6 letters, 140 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
Falter v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as
barley.
Falter v. & n. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer;
as, his tongue falters.
Falter v. & n. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
Falter v. & n. To hesitate in purpose or action.
Falter v. & n. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; --
said of the mind or of thought.
Falter v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or
weak manner.
Falter v. i. Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or
broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

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FALTER anagram FETLAR, TELFAR

We have 140 clues for the answer “FALTER”

Clue Answers
Pause uncertainly 1 answer
Show hesitation 1 answer
Slip some 1 answer
Suffer a moment of weakness 1 answer
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way 1 answer
not attempt 1 answer
Get cold FEET 2 answers
Betray a lack of confidence 2 answers
Betray uncertainty 2 answers
count the cost 2 answers
stutter 2 answers
Miss a step 3 answers
Be unsure 4 answers
BE fatigued 4 answers
Lose one's footing 4 answers
Speak haltingly 4 answers
Whiffle. 6 answers
hum and haw 6 answers
Be unsteady 6 answers
Lose momentum 7 answers
Grow weary. 7 answers
Show uncertainty. 7 answers
A STEP MISS 10 answers
BUMBLE ENDER 10 answers
MAKE a botch of 12 answers
Shilly-shally 12 answers
Move unsteadily 12 answers
palter 15 answers
MAKE misstep 15 answers
Teeter 16 answers
boggle 17 answers
not know which way to turn 17 answers
Be cautious 17 answers
be in two minds 18 answers
be uncertain 18 answers
have a problem 18 answers
tremble in the balance 18 answers
have a suspicion 19 answers
run into trouble 19 answers
sit on the fence 19 answers
Drop the ball 19 answers
stammer 19 answers
be clumsy 20 answers
be in difficulty 20 answers
be tentative 20 answers
lose the scent 20 answers
strike a bad patch 20 answers
wait and see 20 answers
make heavy weather 21 answers
Give way 22 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FALTER (5)

Moscow's financial stabilization program got off to a good start at the beginning of 1992 but began to falter by midyear.
The 1993 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993
Well, I will tell you, although I have always from my earliest youth had an awe and love of Homer, which even now makes the words falter on my lips, for he is the great captain and teacher of the whole of that charming tragic company; but a man is not to be reverenced more than the truth, and therefore I will speak out.
Plato's Republic Plato 2008
But Thistle had gained strength and courage in his wanderings, and did not falter now, when they led him to a place among the coral-workers, and told him he must labor here, till the spreading branches reached the light and air, through the waves that danced above.
Flower Fables Louisa May Alcott 1994
She was ready to drop dead in Roderick’s service, and she was quite capable of seeing her companion falter and grow faint, without a tremor of compassion.
Roderick Hudson Henry James 2006
Growth is expected to continue in 1994, but could falter if Albania becomes involved in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, workers' remittances from Greece are reduced, or foreign assistance declines.
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States Central Intelligence Agency 2008

Quotes with FALTER (3)

So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past: Iwasabeautifulgirl Pleasedon’tgo Itoobelievemybodyismadeofglass-I’veneverlovedanyone Ithinkofmyselfasfunny Forgiveme….There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon to use a piece of string to guide words that otherwise might falter on the way to their destinations. Shy people carried a…
Nicole Krauss The History of Love
Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.
Neil Gaiman Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
This in essence is my goal. To set an example by doing what is good. If I live openly and honestly, I set an example of virtue, humanness, restoration, and healing. I give others permission to join me on my journey despite the fear of failure or the rejection it might elicit when they know they are not alone in their experience. The more of us who amass the courage to embark openly on this path, the more normal this experience becomes, effectively eliminating the tactic of sh…
Riisa Renee Breaking the Silence
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 44 times in crossword archives (1957–2022).