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Is oblige a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oblige is a Scrabble US word. The word oblige is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is oblige a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oblige is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is oblige a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oblige is a Words With Friends word. The word oblige is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

OBLIGE,

5-letter words (8 found)

BILGE,BOGIE,BOGLE,GIBEL,GLOBE,GLOBI,LOGIE,OBELI,

4-letter words (17 found)

BEGO,BILE,BIOG,BLOG,BOIL,BOLE,GIBE,GLEI,GLIB,GLOB,GOBI,GOEL,GOLE,LOBE,LOBI,LOGE,OGLE,

3-letter words (25 found)

BEG,BEL,BIG,BIO,BOG,BOI,EGO,GEL,GEO,GIB,GIE,GIO,GOB,GOE,LEG,LEI,LIB,LIE,LIG,LOB,LOG,OBE,OBI,OIL,OLE,

2-letter words (12 found)

BE,BI,BO,EL,GI,GO,IO,LI,LO,OB,OE,OI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 64 words from oblige according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oblige

oblige

Etymology

From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligo, obligare, from ob- + ligo. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈblaɪd͡ʒ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪdʒ
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /əˈbliːd͡ʒ/, /ɒˈbliːd͡ʒ/

Verb

oblige (third-person singular simple present obliges, present participle obliging, simple past and past participle obliged)

  1. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
    I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
    He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
    The singer obliged with another song.
  3. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
    I am obliged to you for your recent help.

Usage notes

Aside from in American English and Scottish, "obliged" had largely replaced "obligate" by the 20th century, the latter being more common in the 17th through 19th centuries.

Derived terms

  • disoblige

Related terms

  • much obliged
  • noblesse oblige
  • obligate
  • obligation
  • obligatory
  • obligee
  • obligor

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Anagrams

  • big ole, biogel, globie

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.bliʒ/

Verb

oblige

  1. inflection of obliger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oˈblid͡ʒe]

Verb

oblige

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of obliga

Source: wiktionary.org