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Fortran

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

An early high-level programming language designed for mathematical and scientific computation, its name derived from formula translation.

Many engineering simulations written in Fortran decades ago are still running in production today.

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programming languagecomputing language

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FOR- prefix and ends in -RAN, T in the middle with all common consonants and one vowel A

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Worth 10 points but check your tournament rules as it originates as a proper noun

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