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   Trac·ta·ble

   /ˈtraktəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) easy to control or influence: "tractable dogs that have had some obedience training"
   • ▪ (of a situation or problem) easy to deal with: "trying to make the mathematics tractable"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin tractabilis, from tractare ‘to handle’ (see tractate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. tractability noun
   • 2. tractably adverb
   • 3. tractableness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

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   • E

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