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Is enable a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word enable is a Scrabble US word. The word enable is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

E1N1A1B3L1E1

Is enable a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word enable is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

E1N1A1B3L1E1

Is enable a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word enable is a Words With Friends word. The word enable is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1N2A1B4L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

BALEEN,ENABLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

ABELE,ALBEE,ANELE,LEBEN,NEBEL,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABLE,ALBE,ALEE,BAEL,BALE,BANE,BEAL,BEAN,BEEN,BENE,BLAE,BLEE,EALE,ELAN,LANE,LEAN,NABE,NEAL,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALB,ALE,ANE,BAE,BAL,BAN,BEE,BEL,BEN,EAN,EEL,EEN,ENE,LAB,LEA,LEE,NAB,NAE,NEB,NEE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AL,AN,BA,BE,EA,EE,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from enable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of enable

enable

Etymology

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- +‎ able.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈneɪbəl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbəl

Verb

enable (third-person singular simple present enables, present participle enabling, simple past and past participle enabled)

  1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
    Synonyms: empower, endow
  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
    Synonyms: let, permit, authorize
  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
    Synonym: allow
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  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
  6. (electronics) To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
  7. (chiefly electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
    Synonyms: activate, turn on
    Antonym: disable

Derived terms

  • enabler
  • enablement
  • re-enable
  • reenable

Translations

Further reading

  • “enable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “enable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “enable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • baleen

Source: wiktionary.org