irreversible
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 12
/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/
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/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ (UK) · /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/ (US)
Definition of irreversible
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
“an irreversible engine”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
“an irreversible engine”
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(not-comparable)Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
“an irreversible sentence or decree”
“Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.”
““Even under a variety of policies, including plastic product reduction, waste management, and environmental recycling, microplastic pollution is irreversible and escalating.””
- (not-comparable)Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
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Etymology
From ir- + reversible.
Words you can make from irreversible
200+ playable · top: REVERSIBLE (15 pts)
Best play reversible 15 points9-letter words
5 words8-letter words
18 words7-letter words
36 words- BELIEVE 12 pts
- BEVELER 12 pts
- BREVIER 12 pts
- REVERBS 12 pts
- VERBILE 12 pts
- VISIBLE 12 pts
- LEVIERS 10 pts
- LIVIERS 10 pts
- REIVERS 10 pts
- RELEVES 10 pts
- RELIEVE 10 pts
- RELIVES 10 pts
- RESERVE 10 pts
- REVELER 10 pts
- REVERER 10 pts
- REVERES 10 pts
- REVERIE 10 pts
- REVERSE 10 pts
- REVILER 10 pts
- REVILES 10 pts
- REVISER 10 pts
- RIEVERS 10 pts
- RIVIERE 10 pts
- SERVILE 10 pts
- SEVERER 10 pts
- VEERIES 10 pts
- VEILERS 10 pts
- BEERIER 9 pts
- BELIERS 9 pts
- BERRIES 9 pts
- BIRLERS 9 pts
- RIBIERS 9 pts
- RISIBLE 9 pts
- LEERIER 7 pts
- REELERS 7 pts
- RELIERS 7 pts
6-letter words
55 words- BEEVES 11 pts
- BELIVE 11 pts
- BEVELS 11 pts
- BEVIES 11 pts
- BREVES 11 pts
- REVERB 11 pts
- ELVERS 9 pts
- ERVILS 9 pts
- EVILER 9 pts
- LEVEES 9 pts
- LEVERS 9 pts
- LEVIER 9 pts
- LEVIES 9 pts
- LIEVER 9 pts
- LIVERS 9 pts
- LIVIER 9 pts
- LIVRES 9 pts
- REEVES 9 pts
- REIVER 9 pts
- REIVES 9 pts
- RELEVE 9 pts
- RELIVE 9 pts
- REVELS 9 pts
- REVERE 9 pts
- REVERS 9 pts
- REVILE 9 pts
- REVISE 9 pts
- RIEVER 9 pts
- RIVERS 9 pts
- SERVER 9 pts
- SEVERE 9 pts
- SILVER 9 pts
- SLEEVE 9 pts
- SLIEVE 9 pts
- SLIVER 9 pts
- VEILER 9 pts
- VERIER 9 pts
- VERSER 9 pts
- VIRILE 9 pts
- BELIER 8 pts
- BELIES 8 pts
- BIRLER 8 pts
- BIRLES 8 pts
- BRIERS 8 pts
- LIBERS 8 pts
- REBELS 8 pts
- RIBIER 8 pts
- EELIER 6 pts
- EERIER 6 pts
- REELER 6 pts
- RELIER 6 pts
- RELIES 6 pts
- RERISE 6 pts
- RESILE 6 pts
- SIRREE 6 pts
5-letter words
59 words- BEVEL 10 pts
- BREVE 10 pts
- VERBS 10 pts
- VIBES 10 pts
- ELVER 8 pts
- ELVES 8 pts
- ERVIL 8 pts
- EVILS 8 pts
- IVIES 8 pts
- LEVEE 8 pts
- LEVER 8 pts
- LEVIS 8 pts
- LIEVE 8 pts
- LIVER 8 pts
- LIVES 8 pts
- LIVRE 8 pts
- REEVE 8 pts
- REIVE 8 pts
- REVEL 8 pts
- RIVER 8 pts
- RIVES 8 pts
- SERVE 8 pts
- SEVER 8 pts
- SIEVE 8 pts
- SIVER 8 pts
- VEERS 8 pts
- VEILS 8 pts
- VERSE 8 pts
- VIERS 8 pts
- VILER 8 pts
- VIRES 8 pts
- VIRLS 8 pts
- VLEIS 8 pts
- BEERS 7 pts
- BELIE 7 pts
- BIERS 7 pts
- BILES 7 pts
- BIRLE 7 pts
- BIRLS 7 pts
- BIRRS 7 pts
- BIRSE 7 pts
- BREES 7 pts
- BRIER 7 pts
- BRIES 7 pts
- LIBER 7 pts
- LIBRI 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- RIBES 7 pts
- EERIE 5 pts
- LEERS 5 pts
- LIERS 5 pts
- REELS 5 pts
- RESEE 5 pts
- RIELS 5 pts
- RILES 5 pts
- RISER 5 pts
- SERER 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- SLIER 5 pts
4-letter words
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