forfeit
Forfeit can refer to a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something, something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty, or the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. As a verb, forfeit can mean to lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
13
Starts
FO
Ends
EIT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FORFEIT” Mean?
/ˈfɔː.fɪt/
forfeit has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
1 sensesurrendered as a penalty
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensessomething that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
Synonyms
a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
“the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time”
Synonyms
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseSynonyms for FORFEIT
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
surrendered as a penalty
Length
7 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
F, O, R, F, E, I, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FORFEIT has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FORFEIT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FORFEIT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FORFEIT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCADEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
FO, OR, RF, FE, EI, IT
Trigrams
FOR, ORF, RFE, FEI, EIT
Crossword Intelligence
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