NYT Dictionary

HEALABLE

AdjectiveHEAL-a-bleheal-a-ble · 3 syllablesAdvanced/Professional

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

Receptive to treatment or cure.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

Etymology tree English heal Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English healable From heal + -able.

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 6 recorded puzzles:

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