FORTYISH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FORTYISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORTYISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORTYISH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORTYISH
No single letter turns FORTYISH into another word.
How FORTYISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FORTYISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORTYISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FORTYISH
- All 8 letters of FORTYISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FORTYISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Around forty years old, or near the number forty.
Fortyish is a loose, friendly way of giving someone's age without being exact. It can also describe a rough quantity, such as a crowd or a price.
How FORTYISH is used
Casual speech and informal writing.
- A fortyish man in a grey coat waited at the door.
- She looked fortyish, though she was older.
- The meal cost something fortyish pounds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORTYISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORTYISH
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Common questions about FORTYISH
- Is FORTYISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORTYISH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORTYISH worth?
- FORTYISH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORTYISH mean?
- Around forty years old, or near the number forty.
- What letters can be added to FORTYISH?
- No single letter can be added to FORTYISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FORTYISH:
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