fourscore
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- 14
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- 16
- Letters
- 9
/ˈfɔːskɔː/(UK)
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/ˈfɔːskɔː/(UK) · /ˈfɔɹskoɹ/(US)
Definition of fourscore
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
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(archaic)Eighty.
“Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats.”
“Euen thoſe that were numbꝛed of them, were eight thouſand, and fiue hundꝛed, and foureſcoꝛe.”
““I could be sorry for these men,” he said, “ay, and for that poor Queen, but what avail earthly sorrows to a man of fourscore?—and it is a rare dropping morning for the early colewort.””
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
“Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.”
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(archaic)Eighty.
“Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats.”
“Euen thoſe that were numbꝛed of them, were eight thouſand, and fiue hundꝛed, and foureſcoꝛe.”
““I could be sorry for these men,” he said, “ay, and for that poor Queen, but what avail earthly sorrows to a man of fourscore?—and it is a rare dropping morning for the early colewort.””
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
“Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.”
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(idiomatic)A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.
“[…] I know every life is equally sacred, but that is a thought, another thought, I mean, all these valuable people who aren’t going to have their normal fourscore as it is now, these people aren’t going to be replaced, and it’s such a loss to the culture.”
noun
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A quantity or amount of eighty.
“W. J. Davis, a retired missionary, a veteran in the fourscores of his years.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From four + score.
Words you can make from fourscore
168 playable · top: FOCUSER (12 pts)
Best play focuser 12 points7-letter words
8 words6-letter words
26 words- FORCER 11 pts
- FORCES 11 pts
- FRESCO 11 pts
- FUCOSE 11 pts
- FURORE 9 pts
- FURORS 9 pts
- REROOF 9 pts
- ROOFER 9 pts
- SURFER 9 pts
- CEROUS 8 pts
- COOERS 8 pts
- CORERS 8 pts
- COURSE 8 pts
- CRORES 8 pts
- CROUSE 8 pts
- CRUORS 8 pts
- CURERS 8 pts
- CURSER 8 pts
- CURSOR 8 pts
- RECURS 8 pts
- ROSCOE 8 pts
- SCORER 8 pts
- SOURCE 8 pts
- ROOSER 6 pts
- ROUSER 6 pts
- SOURER 6 pts
5-letter words
35 words- COOFS 10 pts
- CURFS 10 pts
- FOCUS 10 pts
- FORCE 10 pts
- SCURF 10 pts
- FORES 8 pts
- FOURS 8 pts
- FROES 8 pts
- FRORE 8 pts
- FUROR 8 pts
- ROOFS 8 pts
- CEROS 7 pts
- COOER 7 pts
- CORER 7 pts
- CORES 7 pts
- CORSE 7 pts
- CRORE 7 pts
- CRUOR 7 pts
- CRUSE 7 pts
- CURER 7 pts
- CURES 7 pts
- CURRS 7 pts
- CURSE 7 pts
- ECRUS 7 pts
- RECUR 7 pts
- SCORE 7 pts
- SCOUR 7 pts
- SUCRE 7 pts
- EUROS 5 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
- ROUES 5 pts
- ROUSE 5 pts
- RUERS 5 pts
- SORER 5 pts
- SURER 5 pts
4-letter words
47 words- COOF 9 pts
- CORF 9 pts
- CURF 9 pts
- FEUS 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FOOS 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FOUR 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- FURS 7 pts
- FUSE 7 pts
- REFS 7 pts
- ROOF 7 pts
- SERF 7 pts
- SURF 7 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- COOS 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURR 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- ERRS 4 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- RUER 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- EFS 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FES 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FOO 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FOU 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- FUR 6 pts
- OOF 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- COO 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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