answerable

/ˈænsərəbəl/
adjective
  1. Required to explain or justify one's actions to someone in authority.
    • Every employee is answerable to their supervisor for their work.
    • As a public servant, she is answerable for how she spends taxpayer money.
    • The committee is answerable to the board of directors.
  2. Capable of being answered or solved.
    • This question is easily answerable with a quick search online.
    • Not every mystery is answerable by science alone.
    • The puzzle was answerable once we found the right clue.
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