Unscramble FORTUNATE and you have 251 words, FORTUNATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FORTUNE, TARTUFE and TARTUFO lead with 10 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FORTUNATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 37 6-letter words in FORTUNATE, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. NATURE, ROTTEN and ROTATE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from FORTUNATE, the top score is 8, reached by 21. AFTER, FRONT and OFTEN are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORTUNATE; 39 of them share the top score of 7. NOTE, FOUR and AUTO are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with FORTUNATE letters, the top score is 6, reached by 28. NOT, ARE and ONE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FORTUNATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FORTUNE, TARTUFE and TARTUFO (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. FORTUNATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTUNATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 192 | 251 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AFRONT, FAUTOR, FORANE, FOUTER, FOUTRA, FOUTRE, TURFEN, FEART, FETTA, FOUAT, FOUER, FOUET and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TARTUFO, FREON, TREFA, AFRO, ENUF, FE, NATTO, OUTTA, TAUON, TORTA, NARE, ARO and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of FORTUNATE spell the words below.