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Is enlarge a Scrabble word?

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

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Is enlarge a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1N1L1A1R1G2E1

Is enlarge a Words With Friends word?

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

E1N2L2A1R1G3E1

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7-letter words (3 found)

ENLARGE,GENERAL,GLEANER,

6-letter words (11 found)

ANGLER,ENRAGE,ERLANG,GALERE,GENERA,LANGER,LARGEN,LEANER,LENGER,REGALE,REGNAL,

5-letter words (36 found)

AGENE,AGLEE,AGREE,ANELE,ANGEL,ANGER,ANGLE,ARENE,ARGLE,EAGER,EAGLE,EAGRE,GEARE,GENAL,GENRE,GERLE,GERNE,GLARE,GLEAN,GNARL,GREEN,LAGER,LAREE,LARGE,LEARE,LEARN,LEEAR,LEGER,NERAL,RAGEE,RANEE,RANGE,REGAL,REGNA,RENAL,RENGA,

4-letter words (49 found)

AGEE,AGEN,AGER,ALEE,AREG,ARLE,EALE,EARL,EARN,EGAL,EGER,ELAN,ERNE,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GARE,GEAL,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GENE,GERE,GLEE,GLEN,GNAR,GRAN,GREE,GREN,LAER,LANE,LANG,LARE,LARN,LEAN,LEAR,LEER,LENG,LERE,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,RAGE,RALE,RANG,REAL,REAN,REEL,REEN,

3-letter words (36 found)

AGE,ALE,ANE,ARE,EAN,EAR,EEL,EEN,ENE,ENG,ERA,ERE,ERG,ERN,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAR,GEE,GEL,GEN,GER,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEE,LEG,NAE,NAG,NEE,NEG,RAG,RAN,REE,REG,REN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,AR,EA,EE,EL,EN,ER,LA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 150 words from enlarge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of enlarge

enlarge

Alternative forms

  • inlarge (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- +‎ large.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  2. (intransitive) To grow larger.
  3. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
  4. (intransitive) To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
  5. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
  6. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  7. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

Synonyms

  • (make larger, expand): embiggen, enlargen, largen, greaten
  • (speak or write at length): dilate, expatiate

Derived terms

Related terms

  • magnify
  • supersize

Translations

References

  • “enlarge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “enlarge”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • General, general, gleaner, reangle

Source: wiktionary.org