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Is inform a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inform is a Scrabble US word. The word inform is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

I1N1F4O1R1M3

Is inform a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inform is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

I1N1F4O1R1M3

Is inform a Words With Friends word?

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

I1N2F4O1R1M4

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6-letter words (1 found)

INFORM,

5-letter words (1 found)

MINOR,

4-letter words (16 found)

FINO,FIRM,FIRN,FOIN,FORM,FROM,INFO,INRO,IRON,MINO,MIRO,MORN,NOIR,NORI,NORM,ROIN,

3-letter words (18 found)

FIN,FIR,FON,FOR,FRO,ION,MIR,MOI,MON,MOR,NIM,NOM,NOR,ORF,RIF,RIM,RIN,ROM,

2-letter words (11 found)

IF,IN,IO,MI,MO,NO,OF,OI,OM,ON,OR,

You can make 47 words from inform according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inform

inform

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɔɹm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɔːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- +‎ form.

Alternative forms

  • enform (obsolete)

Verb

inform (third-person singular simple present informs, present participle informing, simple past and past participle informed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
  2. (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
  3. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
  4. To act as an informer; denounce.
  5. (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide.
  8. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Synonyms
  • (communicate knowledge to (trans.)): acquaint, apprise, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform
  • (act as informer): dob, name names, peach, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
  • (take form): materialize, take shape; See also Thesaurus:come into being
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Latin īnfōrmis

Adjective

inform (not comparable)

  1. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

Anagrams

  • -formin, F minor, Morfin, formin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French informe, from Latin informis.

Adjective

inform m or n (feminine singular informă, masculine plural informi, feminine and neuter plural informe)

  1. deformed

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org