Enforce
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
To compel compliance with a law, rule, or obligation through active measures.
“The council pledged to enforce the new parking restrictions rigorously from the new year.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ɪnˈfɔːs/
Syllables
en·force
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Wordle
Contains EN- prefix and ends in -ORCE, all common letters make it a reliable early Wordle guess
Scrabble
Scores 12 points, F worth 4 is the key scoring tile and the word is straightforward to place
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