playable

From play +‎ -able.

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playable (not comparable)

1. Able to be played.

   Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.

   • 2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     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.

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.

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playable (plural playables)

1. (video games) A character in a game who may be chosen as the player character.