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   possible

   /ˈpɒsɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be done or achieved: "surely it's not possible for a man to live so long?" Similar feasibleable to be donepracticableviablewithin the bounds/realms of possibilityattainableachievablerealizablewithin reachworkablemanageableinformal:ondoableOpposite impossible
   • ▪ able to be or become; potential: "he was a possible future customer" Similar potentialprospectivelikelyprobablecould-bewould-beaspiring
   • ▪ having as much or as little of a specified quality as can be achieved: "children need the best education possible"
   • ▪ (of a number or score) as high as is achievable in a test, competition, or game: "the team have taken just three points from a possible twelve"
   • 2. that may exist or happen, but that is not certain or probable: "the possible effects of global warming" Similar conceivableplausibleimaginablethinkablebelievablelikelypotentialprobablecredibletenableodds-oninformal:on the cardsOpposite unlikely

   noun

   • 1. a potential candidate for a job or team: "I have marked five possibles with an asterisk"
   • ▪ that which is likely or achievable: "they were living right at the edge of the possible"
   • ▪ the highest possible score, especially in a shooting competition: "Mickey scored the possible"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin possibilis, from posse ‘be able’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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