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What does compel mean? Is compel a Scrabble word?

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Is compel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word compel is a Scrabble US word. The word compel is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3O1M3P3E1L1

Is compel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word compel is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3O1M3P3E1L1

Is compel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word compel is a Words With Friends word. The word compel is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1M4P4E1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

COMPEL,

5-letter words (2 found)

CELOM,CLOMP,

4-letter words (14 found)

CLEM,CLOP,COLE,COME,COMP,COPE,LOME,LOPE,MOLE,MOPE,OLPE,POEM,POLE,POME,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEL,CEP,COL,COP,ECO,ELM,EMO,LEP,LOP,MEL,MOC,MOE,MOL,MOP,OLE,OLM,OPE,PEC,PEL,POL,POM,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EM,LO,ME,MO,OE,OM,OP,PE,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from compel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of compel

compel

Etymology

From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English nīedan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: com‧pel

Verb

compel (third-person singular simple present compels, present participle compelling, simple past and past participle compelled)

  1. (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
  3. (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
  4. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
  5. (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
  6. (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
  7. (obsolete) To call forth; to summon.

Derived terms

  • compellable
  • compeller
  • compelling
  • compellation
  • compel testimony

Related terms

  • compulsion

Translations

References

  • “compel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “compel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Source: wiktionary.org