Definitions for permissible

permissible per·mis·si·ble

Spelling: [per-mis-uh-buh l]
IPA: /pərˈmɪs ə bəl/

Permissible is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 584 anagrams from letters in permissible (beeiilmprss).

Definitions for permissible

adjective

  1. that can be permitted; allowable:

Origin of permissible

First recorded in 1400-50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word permissibilis. See permission, -ible

Examples for permissible

Reverie was not permissible for a hostess on her reception day.

Question 7: Is it permissible to separate a mother from her children through [the act of] buying and selling?

Is what is permissible in Covent Garden, criminal in the city?

[But] it is permissible to separate them if the children are grown and mature.

The consensus leans toward forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible.

It is permissible to say that there is no such thing as punishment; there are only wrong results.

This was not permissible according to the notions of that time.

(2)  If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.

Halal means “permissible” in Arabic and refers to food that does not contain alcohol and pork.

In a paper on his books, it is permissible to end with a bookish anecdote.

Word Value for permissible
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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