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

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Is forbear a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

FORBARE,FORBEAR,

5-letter words (11 found)

ABORE,AFORE,ARBOR,BARER,BARRE,BARRO,BORER,FARER,FARRO,FRORE,REBAR,

4-letter words (27 found)

ABER,AERO,AFRO,BARE,BARF,BEAR,BOAR,BORA,BORE,BRAE,BRER,FARE,FARO,FEAR,FORA,FORB,FORE,FRAB,FRAE,FROE,ORFE,ORRA,RARE,REAR,ROAR,ROBE,RORE,

3-letter words (38 found)

ABO,ARB,ARE,ARF,BAE,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOR,BRA,BRO,BRR,EAR,ERA,ERF,ERR,FAB,FAE,FAR,FER,FOB,FOE,FOR,FRA,FRO,OAF,OAR,OBA,OBE,ORA,ORB,ORE,ORF,REB,REF,REO,ROB,ROE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AR,BA,BE,BO,EA,EF,ER,FA,FE,OB,OE,OF,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from forbear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of forbear

forbear

Etymology 1

From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (“to hold back, endure”); equivalent to for- +‎ bear. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”) (Cimbrian forbèeran), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (frabairan, “to endure”).

Alternative forms

  • forebear (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːˈbɛə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈbɛɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Verb

forbear (third-person singular simple present forbears, present participle forbearing, simple past forbore, past participle forborne or (archaic) forborn)

  1. (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
  2. (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
  3. (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
  4. (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.bɛə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.bɛɚ/

Noun

forbear (plural forbears)

  1. Alternative spelling of forebear
    • [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr.
      Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold [...]
    • [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia [2]
      One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.

Anagrams

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Source: wiktionary.org