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Is viable a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word viable is a Scrabble US word. The word viable is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

V4I1A1B3L1E1

Is viable a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word viable is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

V4I1A1B3L1E1

Is viable a Words With Friends word?

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

V5I1A1B4L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

VIABLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

ALIVE,BLIVE,

4-letter words (25 found)

ABLE,ALBE,AVEL,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BEAL,BILE,BLAE,EVIL,ILEA,LAVE,LEVA,LIVE,VAIL,VALE,VALI,VEAL,VEIL,VELA,VIAE,VIAL,VIBE,VILE,VLEI,

3-letter words (17 found)

AIL,ALB,ALE,AVE,BAE,BAL,BEL,LAB,LAV,LEA,LEI,LEV,LIB,LIE,VAE,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from viable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of viable

viable

Etymology

Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəbəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
  • Hyphenation: vi‧a‧ble

Adjective

viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)

  1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
  2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
  3. Capable of working successfully
  4. (biology) Able to live and develop.

Antonyms

  • inviable

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Translations

Noun

viable (plural viables)

  1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From vie (“life”) +‎ -able.

Adjective

viable (plural viables)

  1. viable, feasible

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: viável

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjable/ [ˈbja.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: via‧ble

Adjective

viable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables)

  1. viable

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org