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— English words —

• forby adj. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
• forby adv. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.
• forby adv. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) On one side; out of the way.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
• forby prep. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) With the exception of; not taking into account.
• Forby prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Norwegian bokmål
  • forby v. To ban.
  • forby v. To forbid.
  • forby v. To prohibit.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • forby v. To ban, forbid, prohibit.

60 English words from 14 English definitions

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4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

forbye Forbys forbyland forbylands

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

for FOR for- forb FoRB FORB orb ORB orby RBY

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bro Bro bro.

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Byford byform by-form forbuy forbye Forbys foreby Formby fyborg

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

boyf bro-y bryo- fboy forb FoRB FORB frob orby Roby

19 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

corby Corby farby Firby fobby FOBby Fomby foray forbs fordy Forgy forky formy Forry forty Furby Gorby Norby Worby

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

forb FoRB FORB orby

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

forbuy foreby Formby

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