6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
verb force somebody to do something
verb bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
verb provide a service or favor for someone
originFrom Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligō, obligāre, from ob- + ligō. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0