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FORTES

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FORTES Means

FORTES is a form of FORT, which means:

  1. verb: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
  2. verb: enclose by or as if by a fortification
  3. noun: a fortified military post where troops are stationed
  4. noun: a fortified defensive structure

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FORTES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 T1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of FORTES (4)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In FORTES

99 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (37)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (14)

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