adaptable
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of adaptable
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Capable of being adapted.
“an adaptable electric plug for international use”
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adj
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Capable of being adapted.
“an adaptable electric plug for international use”
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Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
“She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]”
“Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able.
Words you can make from adaptable
157 playable · top: BALDPATE (13 pts)
Best play baldpate 13 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
30 words- ABLED 8 pts
- ADAPT 8 pts
- ADEPT 8 pts
- BAAED 8 pts
- BALED 8 pts
- BATED 8 pts
- BLADE 8 pts
- PADLE 8 pts
- PALED 8 pts
- PATED 8 pts
- PEDAL 8 pts
- PLEAD 8 pts
- TAPED 8 pts
- ABATE 7 pts
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- PALET 7 pts
- PETAL 7 pts
- PLATE 7 pts
- PLEAT 7 pts
- TABLA 7 pts
- TABLE 7 pts
- TEPAL 7 pts
- DEALT 6 pts
- DELTA 6 pts
- LATED 6 pts
- ALATE 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- PLEB 8 pts
- ABED 7 pts
- APED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BLED 7 pts
- DEBT 7 pts
- PLED 7 pts
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- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
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- BLET 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
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- DATA 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
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- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- BAP 7 pts
- BAD 6 pts
- BED 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DAP 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DEP 6 pts
- PAD 6 pts
- PED 6 pts
- ABA 5 pts
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- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
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- LAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
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- TAP 5 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- AAL 3 pts
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- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
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- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
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2-letter words
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