forty: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with Y
Meaning of forty
num
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
Listed forms: fourty.
Source: Wiktionary — forty.
noun
- US, slang
A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
Listed forms: forties, fourty.
Source: Wiktionary — forty.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
Listed forms: fourty.
Source: Wiktionary — forty.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for forty.
adjective
being ten more than thirty
- 40
- xl
- twoscore
noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- 40
- XL
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is forty in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of forty
F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of forty
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from forty
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in forty. Showing up to 24, longest first.