Forty in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is forty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word forty is a Scrabble US word. The word forty is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is forty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word forty is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is forty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word forty is a Words With Friends word. The word forty is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

FORTY,

4-letter words (5 found)

FORT,RYOT,TORY,TROY,TYRO,

3-letter words (11 found)

FOR,FOY,FRO,FRY,OFT,ORF,ORT,ROT,TOR,TOY,TRY,

2-letter words (6 found)

FY,OF,OR,OY,TO,YO,

You can make 23 words from forty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of forty

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word forty. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in forty.

Definitions and meaning of forty

forty

Alternative forms

  • fourty (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: fô'tē, IPA(key): /fɔːtiː/
  • (General American) enPR: fôr'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹti/, [ˈfɔɹɾi]
    • (St. Louis (Missouri)) IPA(key): [ˈfɑɹɾij]
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
  • Hyphenation: for‧ty

Etymology 1

From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (forty).

Numeral

forty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.
Usage notes
  • In modern usage, the spelling fourty is nonstandard.
Synonyms
  • Arabic numerals: 40
  • Roman numerals: XL
Derived terms
Related terms
  • Ordinal: fortieth
  • home forty
Translations
See also
  • Last: thirty (30), thirty-nine (39)
  • Next: forty-one (41), fifty (50)

Noun

forty (plural forties)

  1. (slang) A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

fort +‎ -y

Adjective

forty (comparative more forty, superlative most forty)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.tɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtɨ
  • Syllabification: for‧ty

Noun

forty

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fort

Source: wiktionary.org