Forties
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
The decade of a person's life between the ages of forty and forty-nine, or the years in a century from forty to forty-nine.
“She entered her forties feeling more settled and confident than she had at any earlier age.”
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fourth decademiddle years
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Wordle
FOR- prefix and ends in -IES, T and I in the middle are both common Wordle letters
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Scrabble
Worth 10 points with all common tiles, useful for playing the -IES ending pattern
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