forty
Plural: forties
Noun
- The cardinal number equivalent to the product of four and ten.
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
Adjective Satellite
- being ten more than thirty
Num
- The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
Adj
- Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
Examples
- Playing ’FORTY’ on a triple word square would be a strong move for any Scrabble player.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).
Scrabble Score: 11
forty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordforty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
forty: valid Words With Friends Word