Definition of responsible

"responsible" in the adjective sense

1. responsible

worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust or held accountable

"a responsible adult"

"responsible journalism"

"a responsible position"

"the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"

"the cabinet is responsible to the parliament"

2. responsible, responsible for

being the agent or cause

"determined who was the responsible party"

"termites were responsible for the damage"

3. creditworthy, responsible

having an acceptable credit rating

"a responsible borrower"

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Quotations for responsible

Every one is the son of his own works; (i.e. is responsible for his own acts. [ Spanish Proverb ]

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more. [ Gail Hamilton ]

Men have made of Fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order to be made responsible for all their blunders. [ Mme. de Stael ]

Nature tempts us continually, but we are not responsible for the sin, unless our reasoning gives its consent. [ Pascal ]

Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunders. [ Mme. de Stael ]

Every thought and word and deed, of every human being, is followed by its inevitable consequence: for the one we are responsible; with the other we have nothing to do. [ Gail Hamilton ]

It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals, - so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs. [ Lowell ]

responsible in Scrabble®

The word responsible is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters responsible:

RESPONSIBLE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (48 words)

bipoles, blesser, boilers, boreens, bossier, ebonies, elopers, enrobes, epsilon, insoles, lesions, lioness, lispers, lossier, openers, penises, peonies, persons, pieless, pinless, pioneer, pleions, poesies, preboil, prisons, proline, rebless, reboils, relines, reopens, repiles, repines, replies, reposes, resoils, resoles, respins, ribless, riboses, seniors, slopers, snipers, soirees, spinels, spinose, spleens, splines, spoiler

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word responsible

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In responsible

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RESPONSIBLE
(108)
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(96)
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REPOSES
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BOSSIER
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PIONEER
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SNIPERS
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EPSILON
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LISPERS
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SPLEENS
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POESIES
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OPENERS
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RIBOSES
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PLEIONS
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responsible in Words With Friends™

The word responsible is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters responsible:

RESPONSIBLE
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (48 words)

bipoles, blesser, boilers, boreens, bossier, ebonies, elopers, enrobes, epsilon, insoles, lesions, lioness, lispers, lossier, openers, penises, peonies, persons, pieless, pinless, pioneer, pleions, poesies, preboil, prisons, proline, rebless, reboils, relines, reopens, repiles, repines, replies, reposes, resoils, resoles, respins, ribless, riboses, seniors, slopers, snipers, soirees, spinels, spinose, spleens, splines, spoiler

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word responsible

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In responsible

RESPONSIBLE
(279)
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(162)
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(126)
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Words within the letters of responsible

2 letter words in responsible (13 words)

9 letter words in responsible (4 words)

11 letter words in responsible (1 word)

responsible + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence responsible

Words that start with responsible (2 words)

Words with responsible in them (3 words)

Words that end with responsible (4 words)

Word Growth involving responsible

Shorter words in responsible

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Longer words containing responsible

irresponsible

nonresponsible nonresponsibleness

responsibleness nonresponsibleness

responsibleness superresponsibleness

superresponsible superresponsibleness