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   probable

   /ˈprɒbəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. likely to happen or be the case: "it is probable that the economic situation will deteriorate further"

   noun

   • 1. a person who is likely to become or do something, especially one who is likely to be chosen for a team: British "Merson and Wright are probables"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘worthy of belief’): via Old French from Latin probabilis, from probare ‘to test, demonstrate’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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