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"plausible" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often realistic (9 letters).
Definitions
Seeming reasonable, believable, or credible.
Word origin
From Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”).
Used in a sentence
“a plausible excuse”
“Russian SPETSNAZ are irregular forces that operate covertly, providing the Russian government plausible deniability.”
“a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Likely enough”9 letters
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