Fakery
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Behaviour or activity involving deliberate deception, pretence, or fraud.
“The exposé revealed years of fakery behind the celebrity's claims of expertise.”
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fak·er·y
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Antonyms
authenticitygenuineness
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Ends in -ERY, the K is the only high-value consonant in an otherwise common letter set
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Worth 16 points, K scores well and the -ERY suffix is a productive word-building pattern
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