forgetful
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- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
/fərˈɡɛtfəl/
Definition of forgetful
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
“Nor has Dalua part or mention in the antique legend. Like other ancient things, this divinity hath come secretly upon us in a forgetful time, new and strange and terrible, though his unremembered shadow crossed our way when first we set out on our long travel, in the youth of the world.”
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adj
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Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
“Nor has Dalua part or mention in the antique legend. Like other ancient things, this divinity hath come secretly upon us in a forgetful time, new and strange and terrible, though his unremembered shadow crossed our way when first we set out on our long travel, in the youth of the world.”
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Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
“a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.
Words you can make from forgetful
175 playable · top: FRETFUL (13 pts)
Best play fretful 13 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
28 words- GRUFF 12 pts
- OFFER 11 pts
- RUFFE 11 pts
- FORGE 9 pts
- FUGLE 9 pts
- GOFER 9 pts
- FETOR 8 pts
- FLOUR 8 pts
- FLOUT 8 pts
- FLUOR 8 pts
- FLUTE 8 pts
- FORTE 8 pts
- OFTER 8 pts
- ERGOT 6 pts
- ERUGO 6 pts
- GLOUT 6 pts
- GLUER 6 pts
- GLUTE 6 pts
- GROUT 6 pts
- GRUEL 6 pts
- LUGER 6 pts
- OGLER 6 pts
- ROGUE 6 pts
- ROUGE 6 pts
- TOGUE 6 pts
- OUTER 5 pts
- OUTRE 5 pts
- ROUTE 5 pts
4-letter words
66 words- GUFF 11 pts
- LUFF 10 pts
- RUFF 10 pts
- TEFF 10 pts
- TOFF 10 pts
- TUFF 10 pts
- FLOG 8 pts
- FROG 8 pts
- FRUG 8 pts
- GOLF 8 pts
- GULF 8 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FLOE 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FORT 7 pts
- FOUL 7 pts
- FOUR 7 pts
- FRET 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- FURL 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LOFT 7 pts
- REFT 7 pts
- ROLF 7 pts
- TOFU 7 pts
- TREF 7 pts
- TURF 7 pts
- ERGO 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GLUE 5 pts
- GLUT 5 pts
- GOER 5 pts
- GORE 5 pts
- GOUT 5 pts
- GROT 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- LOGE 5 pts
- LUGE 5 pts
- OGLE 5 pts
- OGRE 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TROG 5 pts
- TRUG 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOUR 4 pts
- LOUT 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTL 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TOLU 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
52 words- EFF 9 pts
- OFF 9 pts
- FOG 7 pts
- FUG 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FLU 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FOU 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- FUR 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- GOT 4 pts
- GUL 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- LUG 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- TOG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with forgetful
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