forty
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
Number 1 meaning
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
Adjective 1 meaning
Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
Etymology
From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
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FORTY at a glance
FORTY has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,040 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with forty
All rhymesOne letter away
- FORTH11
- FORTE8
- FORTS8
- FOOTY11
- FORAY11
- RORTY8
- PORTY10
- FORKY15
- FORBY13
- DORTY9
- BORTY10
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