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Is fortune a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fortune is a Scrabble US word. The word fortune is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is fortune a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fortune is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is fortune a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fortune is a Words With Friends word. The word fortune is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

FORTUNE,

6-letter words (4 found)

FOUTER,FOUTRE,TENOUR,TURFEN,

5-letter words (22 found)

FETOR,FORTE,FOUER,FOUET,FOUNT,FREON,FRONT,FUERO,FUTON,NOTER,OFTEN,OFTER,OUTER,OUTRE,RONTE,ROUEN,ROUTE,TENOR,TONER,TRONE,TUNER,URENT,

4-letter words (43 found)

ENUF,EURO,FENT,FERN,FOEN,FONE,FONT,FORE,FORT,FOUR,FRET,FROE,NOTE,NOUT,ONER,ORFE,OURN,REFT,RENO,RENT,RONE,RONT,ROTE,ROUE,ROUT,RUNE,RUNT,TERF,TERN,TOFU,TONE,TORE,TORN,TOUN,TOUR,TREF,TRON,TROU,TRUE,TUNE,TURF,TURN,UNTO,

3-letter words (47 found)

EFT,EON,ERF,ERN,FEN,FER,FET,FEU,FOE,FON,FOR,FOU,FRO,FUN,FUR,NEF,NET,NOR,NOT,NUR,NUT,OFT,ONE,ORE,ORF,ORT,OUR,OUT,REF,REN,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEF,TEN,TOE,TON,TOR,TUN,UFO,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (20 found)

EF,EN,ER,ET,FE,FU,NE,NO,NU,OE,OF,ON,OR,OU,RE,TE,TO,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 138 words from fortune according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fortune

fortune

Etymology

From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/, /-t͡ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t͡ʃuːn, -ɔː(ɹ)tʃən
  • Hyphenation: for‧tune

Noun

fortune (countable and uncountable, plural fortunes)

  1. Destiny, especially favorable.
  2. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
  3. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
  4. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
  5. Good luck.
  6. One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
  7. A large amount of money.

Synonyms

  • (the arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner): hap, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
  • (one's wealth): riches; see also Thesaurus:wealth

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "good luck"): doom, misfortune

Derived terms

Related terms

  • fortuitous
  • fortuity

Translations

Verb

fortune (third-person singular simple present fortunes, present participle fortuning, simple past and past participle fortuned)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To provide (someone) with a fortune.
    2. To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place. [14th–19th c.]

Anagrams

  • ten-four

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fortune, from Old French fortune, borrowed from Latin fortūna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.tyn/

Noun

fortune f (plural fortunes)

  1. fortune; fate, destiny; luck
    revers de fortune ― reversal of fortune
    la fortune sourit aux audacieux ― fortune favours the bold
    chacun est l’artisan de sa fortune ― every man is the architect of his own fortune
    faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur ― to grin and bear it
  2. fortune, wealth
    coûter une fortune ― to cost an arm and a leg
    faire fortune ― to make a fortune

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “fortune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈtu.ne/
  • Rhymes: -une
  • Hyphenation: for‧tù‧ne

Noun

fortune f

  1. plural of fortuna

Anagrams

  • funtore

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna.

Noun

fortune (plural fortunes)

  1. fortune (fate, chance)

Descendants

  • English: fortune
    • → Welsh: ffortiwn
  • Scots: fortuin

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fortune, borrowed from Latin fortuna.

Noun

fortune f (plural fortunes)

  1. fortune (fate, chance)

Descendants

  • → Dutch: fortuin
  • French: fortune

Source: wiktionary.org