Prohibit

Meaning

1. (verb) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit. “The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.”

Letter breakdown

• Prohibit contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

Words from these letters

• birth
• broth
• orbit
• throb
• both
• obit
• pith
• port
• riot
• tipi
• tiro
• trio
• trip
• bit
• bop
• bot
• hip
• hit
• hob
• hop
• hot
• opt
• orb
• pit
• poi
• pot
• pro
• rho
• rib
• rip
• rob
• rot
• tho
• tip
• top
• tor

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Other 8-letter words

• aardvark
• abacuses
• abalones
• abandons
• abashing
• abattoir
• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with PRO

• pro
• proactive
• probabilistic
• probabilities
• probability
• probable
• probables
• probably
• probate
• probated
• probates
• probating
• probation
• probationary
• probationer
• probationers
• probe
• probed

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Words ending with BIT

• backbit
• bit
• cohabit
• cubit
• debit
• exhibit
• frostbit
• gambit
• gigabit
• habit
• hobbit
• inhabit
• inhibit
• jackrabbit
• obit
• orbit
• rabbit
• terabit

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