hintable

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adjective

That can be hinted at, or alluded to.

Opposite
unhintable
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivehintable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareThat can be hinted at, or alluded to.

    And as for boils, as for boils, well, as for boils — Well, my pen recoils, Because people's invariable humorous remarks about other people's boils are invariably unprintable, And most of them are not even hintable.

    1936, The New Yorker, volume 12, page 19
  2. not comparablemediaHaving support for hinting.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unhintable

Origin

From hint + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

hintable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hintable

MLA

“hintable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hintable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hintable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hintable.

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