Definition of prohibit

"prohibit" in the verb sense

1. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

command against

"I forbid you to call me late at night"

"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

"Dad nixed our plans"

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Quotations for prohibit

If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampo-Land, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing, or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seemed to be getting out of control. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

prohibit in Scrabble®

The word prohibit is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters prohibit:

PROHIBIT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word prohibit

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In prohibit

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prohibit in Words With Friends™

The word prohibit is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters prohibit:

PROHIBIT
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Words within the letters of prohibit

2 letter words in prohibit (6 words)

3 letter words in prohibit (18 words)

4 letter words in prohibit (7 words)

5 letter words in prohibit (5 words)

8 letter words in prohibit (1 word)

prohibit + 1 blank (1 word)

Word Growth involving prohibit

Shorter words in prohibit

it bit

hi

oh

Longer words containing prohibit

prohibited reprohibited

prohibited unprohibited

prohibiter prohibiters

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prohibition antiprohibition

prohibition prohibitionist prohibitionists

prohibition prohibitions

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prohibitive prohibitiveness

prohibitor prohibitors

prohibitor prohibitory

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