playable

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/ˈpleɪəbəl/

adjective

Able to be played.

“Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveplayable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAble to be played.

    Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.

    1 more example

    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 to make any more changes or additions to that initial list.

    2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business
  2. not comparablegamesOf a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.

    Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?

  3. not comparablegamesOf 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)
nounplayable (plural playables)

plural playables

  1. video gamesA character in a game who may be chosen as the player character.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of or suitable for being played or played on

Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*plehan
  2. Old Englishpleġan
  3. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*plegōn
  5. Old Englishplegian
  6. Middle Englishpleyen
  7. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  8. Old Englishplega
  9. Middle Englishpleye
  10. Englishplay
  11. Englishplayable

From play + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch speelbaar, speelbaar
  • speelbaarable to be played
  • speelbaarof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
Finnish soitettavissa, soittokelpoinen
  • soitettavissaable to be played
  • soittokelpoinenable to be played
French jouable, jouable
  • jouableable to be played
  • jouableof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
German spielbar, spielbar
  • spielbarable to be played
  • spielbarof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
Portuguese jogável, jogável
  • jogávelable to be played
  • jogávelof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
Russian играбельный, увлекательный
  • играбельный (igrabelʹnyj)able to be played and enjoyed
  • увлекательный (uvlekatelʹnyj)able to be played and enjoyed
  • интересный (interesnyj)able to be played and enjoyed
Spanish jugable, reproducible
  • jugableable to be played
  • reproducibleable to be played
  • jugableof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
Swedish spelbar, spelbar
  • spelbarable to be played
  • spelbarof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
  • spelvärdof a game, able to be played and enjoyed
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: playable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.