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Is forebear a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word forebear is a Scrabble US word. The word forebear is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

F4O1R1E1B3E1A1R1

Is forebear a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word forebear is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4O1R1E1B3E1A1R1

Is forebear a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word forebear is a Words With Friends word. The word forebear is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4O1R1E1B4E1A1R1

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8-letter words (1 found)

FOREBEAR,

7-letter words (2 found)

FORBARE,FORBEAR,

6-letter words (6 found)

AEROBE,BEARER,BEFORE,BREARE,FEARER,REBORE,

5-letter words (22 found)

ABORE,AFORE,ARBOR,ARERE,BARER,BARRE,BARRO,BEARE,BOREE,BORER,BREER,BRERE,FARER,FARRO,FEARE,FERER,FREER,FRERE,FRORE,RAREE,REBAR,REFER,

4-letter words (36 found)

ABER,AERO,AFRO,BARE,BARF,BEAR,BEEF,BEER,BERE,BOAR,BORA,BORE,BRAE,BREE,BRER,FARE,FARO,FEAR,FEEB,FEER,FERE,FORA,FORB,FORE,FRAB,FRAE,FREE,FROE,ORFE,ORRA,RARE,REAR,REEF,ROAR,ROBE,RORE,

3-letter words (42 found)

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

2-letter words (17 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 127 words from forebear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of forebear

forebear

Etymology 1

Late 15th century, from fore- +‎ beer (“one who is or exists”, literally “be-er”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːˌbɛə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹˌbɛɚ/

Noun

forebear (plural forebears)

  1. An ancestor.
    Hypernym: predecessor
    • [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 [1]
      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.
Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with the verb forbear (“to hold back, restrain, decline, refuse”).
Alternative forms
  • forbear
  • forebeer (Scotland)
Antonyms
  • afterbear
Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

forebear (third-person singular simple present forebears, present participle forebearing, simple past forebore, past participle foreborne)

  1. Obsolete spelling of forbear.

References

  • “forebear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • forbeare

Source: wiktionary.org