Word of the Day · Saturday, April 4, 2026
/fɔːt/noun
A strength or talent.
“He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”
FORTE is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (O, E) and 3 consonants (F, R, T). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.
It leans on high-frequency letters (O, R, T, E), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.