playable
/ˈpleɪəbəl/
playable adjective: able to be played.
Adjective
playable (not comparable)
- Able to be played.
- Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
- That original list of 2,315 solutions was embedded in the game’s code. That means the game was playable offline and could be downloaded onto phones or computers. The solutions to the original Wordle game were predetermined through October 20, 2027. The New York Times (NYT) hasn’t said if it plans...2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business
- Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
- Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
- Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
- Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout/Arkanoid/Batty imitators for instance, or, as here, the Asteroids clones.1989, Matt Bielby, Blasteroids (game review in Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)
Noun
playable (plural playables)
- A character in a game who may be chosen as the player character.
Forms of playable
| plural | playables |
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Origin of playable
From play + -able.
Words formed from playable
Questions about playable
- What does playable mean?
- Playable means able to be played.
- What part of speech is playable?
- Playable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce playable?
- Playable is pronounced /ˈpleɪəbəl/.
Words near playable in the dictionary
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