disable: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of disable
verb
- transitive
To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
Example: Falling off the horse disabled him.
To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
Example: The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Listed forms: disables, disabling, disabled.
Source: Wiktionary — disable.
adj
- obsolete
Lacking ability; unable.
Source: Wiktionary — disable.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for disable.
verb
make unable to perform a certain action
verb
injure permanently
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is disable in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of disable
D(2) + I(1) + S(1) + A(1) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of disable
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from disable
152 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in disable. Showing up to 24, longest first.