Definition of "solvable" []

• Possible to solve: solvable problems; a solvable riddle. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Cases would either be identified as solvable, with sound investigative leads that can be given to detectives to follow up, or still open."
• "Simple games of poker are certainly 'solvable' in the way that oh, say, checkers is solvable."
• "Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges appeared Thursday on CBS's Washington Unplugged to talk about childhood hunger in the United States, which he described as a "solvable" problem for which Americans should be ashamed."