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Is honorable a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word honorable is a Scrabble US word. The word honorable is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is honorable a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word honorable is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is honorable a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word honorable is a Words With Friends word. The word honorable is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

HONORABLE,

7-letter words (1 found)

BORNEOL,

6-letter words (19 found)

ABORNE,BAROLO,BHOONA,BLAHER,BOLERO,BOONER,BORANE,BOREAL,BRANLE,BREHON,ENHALO,HEBONA,HERBAL,HEROON,LABNEH,LOANER,NOBLER,RELOAN,ROBALO,

5-letter words (56 found)

ABHOR,ABLER,ABOON,ABORE,ALONE,ANOLE,BALER,BALOO,BARON,BEANO,BELAH,BELAR,BELON,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BLORE,BOHEA,BOLAR,BONER,BORAL,BOREL,BORNA,BORNE,BORON,BRANE,BROOL,ENROL,HABLE,HALER,HALON,HAOLE,HERON,HOLON,HONER,HONOR,HORAL,LABOR,LEARN,LOBAR,LOHAN,LONER,LORAN,NERAL,NEROL,NOBLE,OBEAH,OBOLE,OHONE,ORLON,REALO,REHAB,RENAL,RHONE,ROBLE,RONEO,

4-letter words (112 found)

ABER,ABLE,AEON,AERO,ALBE,ALOE,ALOO,ARLE,BAEL,BALE,BANE,BARE,BARN,BEAL,BEAN,BEAR,BHEL,BLAE,BLAH,BOAR,BOHO,BOLA,BOLE,BOLO,BONA,BONE,BOOH,BOOL,BOON,BOOR,BORA,BORE,BORN,BRAE,BRAN,BREN,BROO,EARL,EARN,EBON,ELAN,ENOL,EOAN,EORL,HAEN,HALE,HALO,HARE,HARL,HARN,HARO,HEAL,HEAR,HELO,HERB,HERL,HERN,HERO,HOAR,HOBO,HOER,HOLE,HOLO,HONE,HOON,HOOR,HORA,HORE,HORN,LAER,LANE,LARE,LARN,LEAN,LEAR,LEHR,LENO,LOAN,LOBE,LOBO,LONE,LOON,LOOR,LORE,LORN,NABE,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NOAH,NOEL,NOLE,NOLO,NOOB,OBOE,OBOL,OLEA,OLEO,ONER,ORAL,ORLE,RALE,REAL,REAN,RENO,RHEA,ROAN,ROBE,ROHE,ROLE,RONE,ROON,

3-letter words (75 found)

ABO,ALB,ALE,ANE,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAH,BAL,BAN,BAO,BAR,BEL,BEN,BOA,BOH,BON,BOO,BOR,BRA,BRO,EAN,EAR,EON,ERA,ERN,HAE,HAN,HAO,HEN,HER,HOA,HOB,HOE,HON,HOO,LAB,LAH,LAR,LEA,LOB,LOO,LOR,NAB,NAE,NAH,NEB,NOB,NOH,NOO,NOR,OAR,OBA,OBE,OBO,OHO,OLE,ONE,ONO,OOH,OON,OOR,ORA,ORB,ORE,RAH,RAN,REB,REH,REN,REO,RHO,ROB,ROE,ROO,

2-letter words (29 found)

AB,AE,AH,AL,AN,AR,BA,BE,BO,EA,EH,EL,EN,ER,HA,HE,HO,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OB,OE,OH,ON,OO,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 294 words from honorable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of honorable

honorable

Alternative forms

  • honble (obsolete)
  • Honorable (honorific)
  • (British spelling:) honourable, Honourable (honorific)

Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor +‎ -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɒnɹəbl̩/
  • (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑnɹəbl̩/
  • Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able, honor‧able

Adjective

honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable) (American spelling)

  1. Worthy of respect; respectable.
    Synonyms: noble, venerable
    Antonyms: contemptible, despicable, mean
  2. (politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
    Synonyms: (abbreviation) Hon'ble, (abbreviation) Hon.

Usage notes

  • Historically used in the United States (early 1900s) in mockery of Japanese people (or honorable Japs).

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Translations

Noun

honorable (plural honorables)

  1. A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [u.nuˈɾab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.noˈɾab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.noˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

honorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

  1. honorable

Derived terms

  • honorablement

Further reading

  • “honorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “honorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “honorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “honorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/

Adjective

honorable (plural honorables)

  1. honorable

Derived terms

  • faire amende honorable
  • hon.
  • très honorable

Related terms

  • honneur

Further reading

  • “honorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

  • honorábel

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Adjective

honorable m or f (plural honorables)

  1. honorable

Related terms

  • honor
  • honra

Further reading

  • “honorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin honōrābilis. Equivalent to honor +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /onoˈɾable/ [o.noˈɾa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: ho‧no‧ra‧ble

Adjective

honorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

  1. honorable
    Synonyms: honrado, honesto

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “honorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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