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Is friable a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word friable is a Scrabble US word. The word friable is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

F4R1I1A1B3L1E1

Is friable a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word friable is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

F4R1I1A1B3L1E1

Is friable a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word friable is a Words With Friends word. The word friable is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4R1I1A1B4L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

FRIABLE,

6-letter words (5 found)

BAILER,FABLER,FAIBLE,FERIAL,LIBRAE,

5-letter words (30 found)

ABLER,AFIRE,ARIEL,BALER,BARFI,BELAR,BIRLE,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BRAIL,BRIEF,ERBIA,FABLE,FARLE,FERAL,FERIA,FIBER,FIBRE,FILAR,FILER,FLAIR,FLARE,FLIER,FRAIL,LIBER,LIBRA,LIFER,RAILE,RIFLE,

4-letter words (65 found)

ABER,ABLE,ABRI,ALBE,ALEF,ALIF,ARIL,ARLE,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BARE,BARF,BEAL,BEAR,BIER,BILE,BIRL,BLAE,BRAE,BREI,BRIE,EARL,FAIL,FAIR,FARE,FARL,FEAL,FEAR,FIAR,FIER,FILA,FILE,FIRE,FLAB,FLEA,FLIR,FRAB,FRAE,FRIB,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LEAF,LEAR,LEIR,LIAR,LIEF,LIER,LIFE,LIRA,LIRE,RABI,RAIL,RALE,REAL,REFI,REIF,RIAL,RIBA,RIEL,RIFE,RILE,

3-letter words (40 found)

AIL,AIR,ALB,ALE,ALF,ARB,ARE,ARF,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,EAR,ELF,ERA,ERF,FAB,FAE,FAR,FER,FIB,FIE,FIL,FIR,FRA,IRE,LAB,LAR,LEA,LEI,LIB,LIE,RAI,REB,REF,REI,RIA,RIB,RIF,

2-letter words (18 found)

AB,AE,AI,AL,AR,BA,BE,BI,EA,EF,EL,ER,FA,FE,IF,LA,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 160 words from friable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of friable

friable

Etymology

Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“I crumble”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frī'ə-bəl, IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
  • Homophone: fryable

Adjective

friable (comparative more friable, superlative most friable)

  1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  2. (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
  3. (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
  4. (mathematics, of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.

Synonyms

  • (easily broken into small fragments): crumbly

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • brittle

References

  • “friable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “friable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • fabrile, firable, lifebar

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin friābilis, from friō (“to crumble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁi.jabl/
  • Homophone: friables
  • Hyphenation: fri‧able

Adjective

friable (plural friables)

  1. crumbly
  2. crummy, pitiful

Derived terms

  • friabilité

Further reading

  • “friable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾjable/ [ˈfɾja.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: fria‧ble

Adjective

friable m or f (masculine and feminine plural friables)

  1. friable, crumbly

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “friable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org