What FORBIDS Means
FORBIDS is a form of FORBID, which means:
- verb: command against“I forbid you to call me late at night”
- verb: keep from happening or arising; make impossible“My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FORBIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 B3 I1 D2 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In FORBIDS
121 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (41)
BIDSBIOSBIRDBIROBODSBOISBORDBORSBRIOBRISBRODBROSDIBSDIFSDOBSDORBDORSDRIBFIBSFIDOFIDSFIRSFOBSFOIDFORBFORDFRIBFRISFROSOBISORBSORDSORFSRIBSRIDSRIFSROBSRODSSORBSORDSORI
3 letter words (45)
BIDBIOBISBODBOIBORBOSBRODIBDIFDISDOBDOFDORDOSDSOFIBFIDFIRFOBFORFROIDSIFSIOSISOOBIOBSODSOISORBORDORFORSRIBRIDRIFROBRODSIBSIFSIRSOBSODSRI
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.