Unscramble FORTHOUGHT and you have 140 words, FORTHOUGHT itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THOROUGH leads with 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FORTHOUGHT split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 26 with 5, 42 with 4, 45 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with FORTHOUGHT letters: THOROUGH, 15 points.
HOUGH scores highest among the 5-letter words from FORTHOUGHT at 12 points, ahead of FORTH and FOUTH on 11. TRUTH, TOUGH and ROUGH are the ones most people know.
HOGH tops the 4-letter words from FORTHOUGHT at 11 points; next come HOOF and HOUF on 10. FOUR, TOUR and HOUR will look familiar.
This word has the length of FORTHOUGHT, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in HT · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by THOROUGH (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: FORTHOUGHT is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTHOUGHT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 113 | 140 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
27 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORTHOUGHT, HOUGH, FOUTH, FURTH, HOGH, THOFT, HOUF, ROUGHT, FOGOU, GROOF, GROUF, HOH and 15 more. 9 of the 140 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GOTH, FOO, HOO, OOF, OUTRO, TROG, ORG, TROU and ROO.
This word takes every letter of FORTHOUGHT plus a single extra one.