Meaning
- (noun) A strength or talent. “He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”
- (noun) The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
- (noun) A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- (adjective) Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.)
- (adverb) Loudly. “The musicians played the passage forte.”
Letter breakdown
- Forte contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 8.
Words from these letters
Connected words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with FOR
- for
- fora
- forage
- foraged
- forager
- foragers
- forages
- foraging
- foray
- forayed
- foraying
- forays
- forbad
- forbade
- forbear
- forbearance
- forbearing
- forbears
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Words ending with RTE
Reader questions
What does Forte mean?
A strength or talent.
How many letters are in Forte?
Forte has 5 letters.
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