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Is fortunate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fortunate is a Scrabble US word. The word fortunate is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is fortunate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fortunate is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is fortunate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fortunate is a Words With Friends word. The word fortunate is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

FORTUNATE,

7-letter words (6 found)

FORTUNE,OUTEARN,OUTRATE,TARTUFE,TARTUFO,TAUNTER,

6-letter words (37 found)

AFRONT,ATONER,ATTONE,ATTORN,ATTUNE,AUNTER,FATTEN,FATTER,FAUTOR,FORANE,FOUTER,FOUTRA,FOUTRE,FURANE,NATTER,NATURE,NOTATE,NUTATE,NUTTER,ORNATE,OUTATE,OUTEAT,OUTRAN,RATTEN,RATTON,ROTATE,ROTTAN,ROTTEN,TAUTEN,TAUTER,TENOUR,TENUTO,TORTEN,TOUTER,TRUANT,TUFTER,TURFEN,

5-letter words (69 found)

AFORE,AFTER,ANTRE,ARETT,ARNUT,ATONE,EARNT,FEART,FETOR,FETTA,FEUAR,FORTE,FOUAT,FOUER,FOUET,FOUNT,FRATE,FRENA,FREON,FRONT,FUERO,FURAN,FUTON,NOTER,OATEN,OATER,OFTEN,OFTER,ORANT,ORATE,OTTAR,OTTER,OUTER,OUTRE,OUTTA,ROATE,RONTE,ROTAN,ROTTE,ROUEN,ROUTE,TANTO,TAROT,TATER,TATOU,TAUNT,TAUON,TENOR,TETRA,TONER,TORAN,TORTA,TORTE,TOTER,TRANT,TREAT,TREFA,TROAT,TRONA,TRONE,TROUT,TUART,TUNER,TURNT,TUTOR,URATE,URENA,URENT,UTTER,

4-letter words (114 found)

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3-letter words (87 found)

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2-letter words (28 found)

AE,AN,AR,AT,EA,EF,EN,ER,ET,FA,FE,FU,NA,NE,NO,NU,OE,OF,ON,OR,OU,RE,TA,TE,TO,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 343 words from fortunate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fortunate

fortunate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fortunatus.

Morphologically fortune +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/
  • (General American, weak-vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/
  • Hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate

Adjective

fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)

  1. Auspicious.
    It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
  2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
    Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
  3. Favored by fortune.
    This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Synonyms

  • (auspicious): rosy; see also Thesaurus:auspicious
  • (happening by favorable chance): lucky; see also Thesaurus:lucky
  • (favored by fortune): privileged, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

Antonyms

  • unlucky
  • unfortunate

Derived terms

  • unfortunately
  • fortunately

Translations

See also

  • unluckily
  • luckily

References

  • “fortunate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “fortunate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Adjective

fortunate

  1. feminine plural of fortunato

Latin

Etymology

From fortūnātus (“fortunate, prosperous”).

Adverb

fortūnātē (comparative fortūnātius, superlative fortūnātissimē)

  1. prosperously, fortunately

Related terms

  • fortūnātus
  • fortūnō

References

  • “fortunate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fortunate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fortunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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