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Is labile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word labile is a Scrabble US word. The word labile is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is labile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word labile is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1A1B3I1L1E1

Is labile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word labile is a Words With Friends word. The word labile is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1B4I1L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

ALIBLE,LABILE,LIABLE,

5-letter words (3 found)

ILEAL,LABEL,LIBEL,

4-letter words (13 found)

ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BALL,BEAL,BELL,BILE,BILL,BLAE,ILEA,LEAL,

3-letter words (14 found)

AIL,ALB,ALE,ALL,BAE,BAL,BEL,ELL,ILL,LAB,LEA,LEI,LIB,LIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AE,AI,AL,BA,BE,BI,EA,EL,LA,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 45 words from labile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of labile

labile

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪbaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbaɪl

Adjective

labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)

  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
  2. Apt or likely to change.
    Synonym: unstable
  3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
  4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lability
  • lapse

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Belial, Biella, alible, liable

Danish

Adjective

labile

  1. definite singular of labil
  2. indefinite plural of labil
  3. definite plural of labil

French

Etymology

From Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.bil/

Adjective

labile (plural labiles)

  1. labile

Descendants

  • → Romanian: labil
  • → Swedish: labil

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • baille, bâille, bâillé

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.le/
  • Rhymes: -abile
  • Hyphenation: là‧bi‧le

Adjective

labile (plural labili)

  1. fleeting, ephemeral
  2. fickle

Derived terms

  • labilmente

Further reading

  • labile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Biella, biella

Latin

Adjective

lābile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lābilis

Swedish

Adjective

labile

  1. definite natural masculine singular of labil

Source: wiktionary.org