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Is forbid a Scrabble word?

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

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Is forbid a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word forbid is a Words With Friends word. The word forbid is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FORBID,

5-letter words (2 found)

FIBRO,FIORD,

4-letter words (13 found)

BIRD,BIRO,BORD,BRIO,BROD,DORB,DRIB,FIDO,FOID,FORB,FORD,FRIB,ROID,

3-letter words (26 found)

BID,BIO,BOD,BOI,BOR,BRO,DIB,DIF,DOB,DOF,DOR,FIB,FID,FIR,FOB,FOR,FRO,OBI,ORB,ORD,ORF,RIB,RID,RIF,ROB,ROD,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,DI,DO,ID,IF,IO,OB,OD,OF,OI,OR,

You can make 54 words from forbid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of forbid

forbid

Etymology

From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną, from *furi + *beudaną. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) +‎ bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”), Norwegian Bokmål forby (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan). Related to forbode.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈbɪd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈbɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Verb

forbid (third-person singular simple present forbids, present participle forbidding, simple past forbade or forbad or forbid, past participle forbidden)

  1. (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
  2. (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
  3. (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.

Usage notes

  • Especially when talking about a person, the expression is not allowed to is much more common than the very formal is forbidden to/is forbidden from.
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing) when the person is mentioned from whom something is forbidden, and it takes the gerund (-ing) when such a person is not mentioned. See Appendix:English catenative verbs. Examples:
    • The management forbids employees from smoking/to smoke in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are identified)
    • Employees are forbidden from smoking/to smoke in the office. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are identified)
    • The management forbids smoking in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are not identified)
    • Smoking in the office is forbidden. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are not identified)

Synonyms

  • prohibit
  • disallow
  • ban
  • veto
  • See also Thesaurus:prohibit

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References

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

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