palatable
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of palatable
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
“For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.”
“The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome.”
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adj
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Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
“For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.”
“The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome.”
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(figuratively)Tolerable, acceptable.
“The agreement was palatable to both of them.”
““I did hear, too, that there was a time, when sermon-making was not so palateable to you, as it seems to be at present;[…]””
“Whether it’s palatable for the vice-chairman of Hillary’s presidential campaign to be embroiled in allegations of conflicts of interest, obtaining patronage jobs, or misrepresenting time worked remains to be seen.”
“AOC's [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable [title]”
“In every case, a story is worked out by the corporate media that is politically palatable for the bourgeoisie: car crash, robbery gone wrong, suicide by hanging. There is no serious investigation or follow-up, whether by the police or those purporting to call themselves “journalists.””
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate 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 palatable From palate + -able.
Words you can make from palatable
116 playable · top: PALATAL (9 pts)
Best play palatal 9 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
40 words- PLEB 8 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BALL 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BELL 6 pts
- BELT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BLAT 6 pts
- BLET 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PALL 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- TAPA 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALA 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- BAP 7 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with palatable
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