States and conditions

Synonyms for flaw

The synonym for flaw recorded in this bank is fault, in the sense "an imperfection in an object or machine". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The synonym for flaw

faultnoun, in the sense "an imperfection in an object or machine"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for flaw.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

an imperfection in an object or machine

A flaw caused the crystal to shatter.

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The true synonym

fault

Same sentence, swapped: A fault caused the crystal to shatter.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

stain
blast
blow

Where flaw turns up in the game

flaw is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play flaw

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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