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Gamble

Definition: Gamble

Gamble

Noun

1. Money that is risked for possible monetary gain.

2. A risky act or venture.

Verb

1. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling".

2. Play games for money.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gamble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Note: Gamble \Gam"ble\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Gambled; Gambling.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Gamble

Synonyms: adventure (v), chance (v), hazard (v), risk (v), run a risk (v), take a chance (v), take chances (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Gamble

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Intention

Risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for;risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Gamble

English words defined with "gamble": baccarat, betchemin de ferfantanGambledstake, stakesTo toss forwager. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gamble": Bertramo. (references)

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Modern Usage: Gamble

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I wasn't going to gamble! I just wanted a Bloody Mary (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Do you gamble, Elliot (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; writing credit: Ervin Iunapuu)

Oh, I don't gamble. (Paint Your Wagon; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky; Alan Jay Lerner)

I only gamble with my life, never my money (The Mummy; writing credit: Stephen Sommers; Lloyd Fonvielle)

Lyrics

But you cam I was so tempted to gamble on love just one time (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois)

Plannin big could be a gamble (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6)

You know it's, it's all a gamble (Paradise City; performing artist: Guns N' Roses)

Movie/TV Titles

The Big Gamble (1961)

Gamble on Love (1954)

Strange Gamble (1948)

Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)

Philo Vance's Gamble (1947)

Song Titles

Gamble Gold (Robin Hood) (performing artist: Steeleye Span)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Gamble

DomainTitle

References

  • The Procter & Gamble Co(P&G): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Gamble

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Photo Album: Gamble

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"A Lumber Mill at Port Gamble" on Hood's Canal. In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 149. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Gamble quail in eastern New Mexico. Credit: Gary Kramer.

[Shelby G. Gamble, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Moored in nests, off San Diego, California, circa 1922. Ships in the left foreground nest include (from left to right): USS Breese (DD-122); USS Radford (DD-120); USS Gamble (DD-123); USS Farquhar (DD-304); USS Robert Smith (DD-324); USS Montgomery (DD-121); and USS Lamberton (DD-119). Leftmost ship in the nest at right is USS Kennison (DD-138). Credit: NAVY.

Big gamble. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Smith Memorial, Gamble Hill Park, Richmond, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gamble Hill Park, Richmond, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

It makes no sense to gamble with your future!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Gamble".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Vegas; gambling; gamble.Gaming; gambling; gamble; chip; shuffle.
Craps; dice; gambling; gamble.Gambling; cards; shuffling; shuffle; playing cards; gamble; poker; blackjack.
Slot machine; gambling; Reno; Las Vegas; Nevada; Monte-Carlo; casino; gamble; slots.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Gamble

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In this century, people do business, they gamble at the Bourse, they make money, and they are disagreeable

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gamble

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Major suppliers of the above products are Schwarzkopf & Henkel, Procter & Gamble, Unilever and some others. (references)

U.S. Procter & Gamble has more than 20 brands in Russia, among them Wash & Go, Head & Shoulders and Pantene hair care lines. (references)

Quite a few are owned by American companies such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive and Cederroth International (Alberto Culver). (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Several companies have responded, including computer chip giant Intel, Abbott Laboratories, and Procter and Gamble. (references)

Armenia

Approximately 70 U.S.-owned firms currently do business in Armenia, including such multinationals as Procter & Gamble, M&M-Mars, Xerox, Dell, and IBM. (references)

Morocco

Food, hygiene and beverages are the most common products advertised on television, with multinationals such as Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola among the biggest advertisers. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

Early the following morning, the body of Julhash Uddin Khacha Miah was found on a road near a pond in Tarakandi, where he frequently went to gamble. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Gamble

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Mike Medavoy

I never do that. I go into a movie and say, I think this can work. Because it's all a gamble, essentially. You're gambling. Sometimes, you know, the odds are better, and that's really what everybody prays on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Gamble

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We will not gamble with our national survival.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Gamble

"Gamble" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.36% of the time. "Gamble" is used about 433 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)68.36%29616,885
Lexical Verb (infinitive)18.24%7937,388
Noun (proper)8.08%3558,339
Lexical Verb (base form)5.31%2372,767
                    Total100.00%433N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Gamble

The following table summarizes the usage of "gamble" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
GambleLast name15,000799
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Gamble

CountryNameCountryName
India

Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care

USA

The Procter & Gamble Co(P&G)

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Gamble

Expressions using "gamble": gamble away gamble away one's money gamble on gamble on smth.. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "gamble": Gamble-thompson.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gamble

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

procter gamble

2,989

boxing gamble

25

gamble

1,035

offshore gamble

24

gamble online

347

protor and gamble

24

gamble house

80

gamble on basketball

21

casino casino cd gamble rom security slot win winning world

71

gamble now

21

casino gamble

71

gamble on hockey

20

mason gamble

63

where to gamble online

20

gamble.com procter

48

canada gamble proctor

20

gamble for fun

46

linda gamble

20

gamble for free

43

where to gamble

19

place to gamble

41

2 cheat diablo gamble

19

gamble.com proctor

40

gamble problem

18

online casino gamble

38

flex gamble

18

coupon gamble proctor

31

virtual online gamble

18

gamble internet

31

the procter and gamble company

17

proctor and gamble product

30

bet gamble

16

gamble quail

29

chris gamble

16

procter and gamble canada

28

procter and gamble web site

16

gamble football

27

dan gamble rv

15

gamble on horse

26

gamble mansion

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Gamble

Language Translations for "gamble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rrezikoj (adventure, chance, endanger, go off the deep end, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, oppose, risk, venture), luaj kumar (play), lojë kumar. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مغامرة (adventure, adventurousness, enterprise, escapade, flier, flyer, foolhardiness, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, throw, venture), ‏قمار, ‏قامر (game, lay down, stake), ‏غامر (adventure, buccaneer, flooding, jeopard, jeopardize, overwhelming, venture), ‏ضارب (manipulate, plunge, striking), ‏راهن (bet, copper, lay, plunge, stake, wager), ‏شىء غير مضمون. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

спекулация (jobbery, rig, spec, speculation), спекулирам на борсата (punt), спекулирам (pyramid), рискувам (adventure, chance, dare, hazard, jeopardize, pawn, risk, stake, take a chance, take a risk, tempt, venture), риск (adventure, cast, chance, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, venture), хазартна игра (hazard), хазарт (gambling, gaming, play), комар (gambling, gnat, hazard, mosquito), играя комар (game). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

賭博 , (bet), 赌博 (Gambled, gambling, gaming). (various references)

   

Czech

  

riziko (chance, hazard, peril, risk, venture), riskovat (chance one's luck, hazard, live dangerously, put one's head in to lion's mouth, risk, take a chance, venture), hrát hazardnì, hazardovat (live dangerously), hazardování, hazardní hra (hazard). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dobbelen. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

monludi. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

قمارکردن , قمار (Die, Hazard), شرطبندی کردن (Stake). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pelata (play), arpapeli (game of chance). (various references)

   

French

  

parier (game), pari, jouer la bourse, jeux d'argent (gambling, gaming). (various references)

   

German

  

um Geld spielen (game), spielen (act, be on, doodle, enact, make a scene, make a song and dance, perform, play, play about, play around, playing, punt, show, simulate, to play, toy), Risiko (chance, fear, hazard, peril, risk, venture). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάνω τζόγο, ρισκάρω (risk, take a risk), ριψοκινδυνεύω (adventure, jeopardize, risk, take a chance, tempt providence, venture), παίζω για χρήματα, χαρτοπαίζω, τζόγοσ, διακυβεύω (compromise, hazard, risk), δακινδυνεύω. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשחק משחקי "מורים, ל"מר (bet, lay down, stake, take a chance, wager), "מור (bet, stake, wager). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hazárdjáték (gambling), fogadás (backing, bet, betting, flutter, reception, salon, wager). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

spekulasi (speculation), judi, berjudi. (various references)

   

Italian

  

gioco d'azzardo, giocare d'azzardo, giocare d' azzardo, giocare (bet, bet on, fool, gamble on, play, play a part, sport), speculare (profiteer, specular, speculate), rischio (chance, danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, riskiness, venture), azzardo (chance, hazard, risk), azzardare (carriage, chance, dare, hazard, risk, venture). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

賭ける (to bet, to gamble, to risk, to stake, to wager), 賭け (a gamble, betting, gambling), (a gamble, betting, gambling). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かける (to advance, to be lacking, to begin to, to bet, to canter, to construct, to cover, to fly, to gallop, to gamble, to hang, to make a phone call, to multiply, to offer, to play, to pour, to put on, to puton the line, to risk, to run, to sit, to sit down, to soar, to stake, to wager, to wear), かけ (a gamble, betting, credit, fragment, gambling, splinter). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

도박 (Aleatory, gaming). (various references)

   

Manx

  

carrooagh (gambler, gambling). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

spille (act), spill (game). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amblegay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

risco (chance, danger, design, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, scratch, streak, stroke, venture, wildcat), jogo de azar (chance-game, hazard, policy, wildcat), jogo a dinheiro (wildcat), jogar a dinheiro, jogar (bluff, cob, game, give over, play, punt, throw, toy, wager), empreendimento arriscado (wildcat), arriscar totalmente, apostar (bet, game, parlay, punt, wage, wager). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

risca (adventure, chance, dare, go off the deep end, hazard, pawn, risk, stake, take one's chance, venture, wager), risc (cast, gambling, hazard, jeopardy, liberty, peril, risk), juca (act, dance, enact, frolic, gambol, game, hazard, interpret, perform, play, present, produce, put on, sport, stake, trifle, wanton), joc de noroc (game), aventurism (recklessness). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

рисковать (adventure, gamble with, hazard, stand the hazard, take a chance, venture), рискованное предприятие (venture), играть в азартные игры (game), играть (act, be at play, play, played, toy, trifled). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

staviti na kocku (gage, hazard, stake), rizikovati (chance, jeopardize, risk), rizik (jeopardy, peril, risk), kockati se (game), kockati (dice), kockanje (gambling, gaming). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

riesgo (chance, danger, dizziness, hazard, liability, lottery, peril, risk, venture), jugar (coquet, game, joy, move, play, play about, play around, play at, sport, toy), jugada (instant, move, play, stroke, throw, turn), especular (examine, inspect, meditate, speculate), empresa (business, car dealership, company, concern, employer, employment, enterprise, firm, industry, proposition, task, undertaking, venture), aventurar (adventure, hazard, risk, stake, venture), arriesgarse (stick out one's neck, take a chance, to gamble, venture). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spela (act, come, come out like, do, enact, flourish, flutter, game, go, perform, play, play act, punt, shoot). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เสี่ยงโชค, การเสี่ยงโชค (lottery). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

spekülasyon yapmak (bear, bull, operate, speculate, stag), riskli girişim (long shot, plunge, wildcat), riske atmak (adventure, compromise, jeopardize, lay on the line, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture, wager), kumar oynamak (game, punt), kumar (gambling, game of hazard, gaming, hazard, play). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

спекулювати (profiteer, speculate, venture), ризикувати (accept risks, adventure, boggle, dare, endanger, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, risk, run the risk, run the venture, take the risk, venture, wager), грати на гроші (play for money), авантюра (adventure, venture), азартна гра (gambling, gaming, play, plunging). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cuộc đánh bạc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Gamble

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ausus. (various references)

Middle English1100-1500

gamen, gamenen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gamble

Derivations

Words beginning with "gamble": gambled, gambler, gamblers, gambles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gamble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gamala, Gambala, gambei, Gambela, Gambella, gambie, gambly, gamboli, Gambwll, Gamla, gamle, Gamlen, gammble, Gammel, Gammell, Gembloux, Genbel, gimbel, gimble, Glanmole, gramble, Gumble, tamble. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gamble"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "gamble" (pronounced ga"mbul)
5-a" m b u lamble, bramble, preamble, ramble, scramble, shamble, unscramble.
4-m b u lassemble, Bumble, crumble, cymbal, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, fumble, grumble, humble, stumble, symbol, jumble, mumble, nimble, reassemble, resemble, rumble, thimble, tremble, tumble, umbel, wamble.
3-b u lincurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Gamble

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m"

-1 letter: amble, bagel, belga, blame, gable, gambe, gleam, gleba.

-2 letters: able, alme, bale, balm, beam, bema, blae, blam, egal, gale, gamb, game, lamb, lame, mabe, mage, male, meal.

-3 letters: age, alb, ale, bag, bal, bam, beg, bel, elm, gab, gae, gal, gam, gel, gem, lab, lag, lam, lea, leg, mae, mag, meg, mel.

-4 letters: ab.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m"
 

+1 letter: gambled, gambler, gambles, gambrel.

 

+2 letters: ballgame, beglamor, gamblers, gamboled, gambrels, gimbaled, mealybug.

 

+3 letters: ballgames, becalming, beglamors, beglamour, bigeminal, cablegram, embalming, emblazing, embrangle, flambeing, gambolled, gimballed, mealybugs.

 

+4 letters: assemblage, assembling, beglamored, beglamours, blancmange, cablegrams, clambering, embattling, embrangled, embrangles, imaginable, impugnable, manageable, manageably, phlebogram.

 

+5 letters: amblygonite, assemblages, beclamoring, beglamoring, beglamoured, blancmanges, blaspheming, emblazoning, embracingly, embrangling, immitigable, impregnable, impregnably, marbleising, marbleizing, megaloblast, mislabeling, phlebograms, umbrellaing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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