Unscramble DRBOFI: Letters, Definition, and Answer
DRBOFI unscrambles to FORBID, a 6-letter verb from Sunday Jumble Answers Today: November 15, 2026. No letter repeats.
How to crack DRBOFI
BIRD uses four tiles until leftover F and O have nowhere to go — the trap on this rack. FORD leftover B and I is the same leftover stall. Stop treating the animal noun as the whole answer. Put FOR at the front the way for and form do, then BID at the end: FOR, BID. Once F sits at the front instead of trailing BIRD, FORBID is the only everyday ban verb that spends every letter.
Letter map: DRBOFI → FORBID
| Position in FORBID | Letter | Tile in DRBOFI | Circled for the caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 5 | — |
| 2 | O | 4 | Yes |
| 3 | R | 2 | — |
| 4 | B | 3 | Yes |
| 5 | I | 6 | — |
| 6 | D | 1 | — |
What does FORBID mean?
FORBID (verb): to refuse to allow something, or to order that it must not happen. Example: “Safety rules forbid casual handling of dynamite, even as a history joke about Nobel.”
Similar: ban, prohibit, bar, outlaw. Opposite: permit, allow.
Did you know? Forbid comes from Old English forbeodan, to command against, from for plus beodan, to bid. Forbidden fruit still carries the same block-the-act sense.
Using FORBID in a sentence
Forbid means refuse to allow: forbid smoking, heaven forbid, forbidden ground. Ban and prohibit cover similar ground; permit and allow push the other way. Keep forbid separate from bird as a jumble cousin — bird ate four tiles on this rack, and forbid needed leftover F and O in front of BID. Speakers also say forbidden fruit for a tempting banned thing, which is the Genesis pairing, not today's Nobel cartoon. Heaven forbid is the set phrase this scramble never asked you to rebuild as a bird.
How FORBID fits the puzzle
FORBID circles O and B. Those two letters become the O in FROM and the B that starts BLAST — so this six-letter prohibition verb quietly stocks the opening blast of the caption.
Its circled letters feed the caption answer, BLAST FROM THE PAST.
Other words in DRBOFI
26 shorter dictionary words can be made from a subset of these tiles:
FIORDBIRDBRIODRIBFIDOFORBFORDBIDBIOBODBRODIBDORFIBFIDFIRFOBFORFROOBIORBRIBRIDRIFROBROD
The rest of this puzzle
- UAMTRA → TRAUMA (a severe injury, or the lasting shock that follows a distressing event)
- SCMUPA → CAMPUS (the grounds of a school, college or other institution, or the community on those grounds)
- TLEETK → KETTLE (a vessel for boiling water, or a similar pot used for cooking)
- UTFTIO → OUTFIT (a set of clothes worn together, or the gear supplied for a job or trip)
- SCPEYH → PSYCHE (the human mind, soul or spirit, especially as the seat of thought and feeling)
- RAAOBMPSTLTFTSHE → BLAST FROM THE PAST (a sudden return of something old)
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