Definitions for passable

passable pass·a·ble

Spelling: [pas-uh-buh l, pah-suh<
IPA: /ˈpæs ə bəl, ˈpɑ sə-/

Passable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in passable (aabelpss).

Definitions for passable

adjective

  1. capable of being passed through, beyond, or over; fit to be traversed, penetrated, crossed, etc., as a road, forest, or stream.
  2. adequate; acceptable:
  3. capable of being circulated legally or having a valid currency, as a coin.
  4. capable of being or liable to be ratified or enacted:

Origin of passable

1375-1425; late Middle English Middle French; see pass, -able

Examples for passable

A serious presidential campaign should have at least a passable answer to an obvious, expected, and potentially disabling attack.

The 3rd Brigade with camels would follow if the road was passable.

What passable comedy has existed in these bleak times has largely sprung from the camp of writer/director/producer Judd Apatow.

Her instructions were clear and I eventually produced a passable batch of puff.

Even in the rainy season, the Argentine plains had always been passable.

It seemed to her that most women would find him more than passable.

And on any other network, The Biggest Loser's ratings would merely be passable.

There could never be any choice, of course—the mountains were passable only when the weather was hot.

You might expect charming or at least passable small talk to be a gateway skill for a politician.

The gulf, he felt, was not passable with security nor credit.

Word Value for passable
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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