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Is forget a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word forget is a Scrabble US word. The word forget is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is forget a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word forget is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

F4O1R1G2E1T1

Is forget a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

FORGET,

5-letter words (6 found)

ERGOT,FETOR,FORGE,FORTE,GOFER,OFTER,

4-letter words (20 found)

ERGO,FORE,FORT,FRET,FROE,FROG,GERT,GOER,GORE,GROT,OGRE,ORFE,REFT,REGO,ROTE,TERF,TOGE,TORE,TREF,TROG,

3-letter words (33 found)

EFT,EGO,ERF,ERG,FEG,FER,FET,FOE,FOG,FOR,FRO,GEO,GER,GET,GOE,GOR,GOT,OFT,ORE,ORF,ORG,ORT,REF,REG,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TEF,TEG,TOE,TOG,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,GO,OE,OF,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from forget according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of forget

forget

Etymology

From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”) [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan (“to give up, forget”). Equivalent to for- +‎ get.

Cognate with :

  • Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”),
  • West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”),
  • Dutch vergeten (“to forget”),
  • German vergessen (“to forget”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛt/, (less commonly:) /fɔːˈɡɛt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛt/, (less commonly:) /fɔɹˈɡɛt/
  • Hyphenation: for‧get
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (obsolete) forgat, past participle forgotten or (archaic or colloquial) forgot)

  1. (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
  2. (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
  3. (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
  4. (intransitive) To cease remembering.
  5. (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
  6. (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

Usage notes

  • In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
  • In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
  • See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember

Antonyms

  • acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

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