Friable

What it means

1. (adjective) Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
2. (adjective) (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
3. (adjective) (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
4. (adjective) (of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.

Letter analysis

• Friable contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

Sub-words

• abler
• afire
• blare
• brief
• fable
• feral
• fiber
• flair
• flare
• flier
• frail
• lifer
• rifle
• able
• bail
• bale
• bare
• barf
• bear
• bier
• bile
• earl
• fail
• fair
• fare
• fear
• file
• fire
• flab
• flea
• lair
• leaf
• liar
• lief
• life
• lira
• lire
• rail
• real
• rife
• rile
• ail
• air
• alb
• ale
• are
• bar
• bra
• ear
• elf
• era
• far
• fer
• fib
• fie
• fir
• ire
• lab
• lea

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

See all 7-letter words →

Words starting with FRI

• friar
• friars
• fricassee
• fricasseed
• fricasseeing
• fricassees
• friction
• fridge
• fridges
• fried
• friend
• friended
• friending
• friendless
• friendlier
• friendlies
• friendliest
• friendliness

See all words starting with FRI →

Words ending with BLE

• able
• abominable
• acceptable
• accessible
• accountable
• achievable
• acquirable
• actionable
• adaptable
• addressable
• adjustable
• admirable
• admissible
• adorable
• advisable
• affable
• affordable
• agreeable

See all words ending with BLE →

Common questions