playable

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Adjective

playable (not comparable)

1. Able to be played.

   Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.

2. (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.

   Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?

3. (games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
   • 1989, Matt Bielby, Blasteroids (game review in Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)

     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.

Related terms

• playability

Translations

• French: jouable
• German: spielbar
• Portuguese: jogável
• Spanish: jugable, reproducible

Translations

• Russian: играбельный

Translations

• French: jouable
• German: spielbar
• Portuguese: jogável
• Spanish: jugable

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