Forbad
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of forbid: issued an authoritative order against something or prohibited it.
“The king forbad his subjects from entering the royal forest on pain of severe punishment.”
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for·bad
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Wordle
An unusual past tense ending in AD rather than the more familiar BADE or BIDDEN
Scrabble
Worth 12 points, the B and D are both moderate-value tiles and the word is a valid alternate past tense
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