confabulate
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- 18
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 11
Definition of confabulate
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To speak casually with; to chat.
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verb
- (intransitive)To speak casually with; to chat.
- (intransitive)To confer.
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(ambitransitive)To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
“"It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."”
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Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words you can make from confabulate
200+ playable · top: BACLOFEN (15 pts)
Best play baclofen 15 points10-letter words
1 word9-letter words
2 words8-letter words
11 words7-letter words
23 words- BALAFON 12 pts
- BANEFUL 12 pts
- BOATFUL 12 pts
- CONFUTE 12 pts
- FACTUAL 12 pts
- FACULAE 12 pts
- FALCATE 12 pts
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- OUTFACE 12 pts
- UNCLEFT 12 pts
- ACTABLE 11 pts
- BALANCE 11 pts
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- NOCTULE 9 pts
- NOTABLE 9 pts
- TABLEAU 9 pts
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6-letter words
72 words- CONFAB 13 pts
- BEFOUL 11 pts
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- FACULA 11 pts
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5-letter words
90 words- ABAFT 10 pts
- BOEUF 10 pts
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- OATEN 5 pts
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