playable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈpleɪəbəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English play Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English playable From play + -able.
Meanings
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(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 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:
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(not-comparable) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
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(not-comparable) 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)
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Translations (24)
gl xogable (able to be played) · es jugable (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · es reproducible (able to be played) · fr jouable (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · ru интересный (able to be played and enjoyed) · sv spelbar (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · ru увлекательный (able to be played and enjoyed) · gl xogable (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · sv spelvärd (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · sv spelbar (able to be played) · fi soitettavissa (able to be played) · ast xugable (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · pt jogável (able to be played) · nl speelbaar (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · fi soittokelpoinen (able to be played) · gl reproducible (able to be played) · de spielbar (able to be played) · ru играбельный (able to be played and enjoyed) · nl speelbaar (able to be played) · fr jouable (able to be played) · pt jogável (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · es jugable (able to be played) · de spielbar (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) · ast xugable (able to be played and enjoyed)