fort

fort is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.
2. noun. a fortified defensive structure

   Synonyms: fortress

3. noun. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

   Synonyms: garrison

4. verb. station (troops) in a fort
5. verb. enclose by or as if by a fortification

   Synonyms: fortify

6. verb. gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

Synonyms

fortress, garrison, fortify

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fort:

frot

Common word forms

forts, fortes

Words from these letters

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