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English
Etymology
play + -able
Adjective
playable (not comparable)
- Able to be played.
- Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
- (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
- Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
- (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.
Translations
able to be played and enjoyed
of a game, able to be played and enjoyed