Equippable, while not a really a word, seems to be accepted by the gaming community as a term for this can be equipped. Is there a more appropriate word which is real, singular and essentially means the same? For example,
I may pick the item up and carry it. However, whether I may put it in my hand or not would be distinguished by whether it is equippable.
Long-time gamer here and I'd go with carriable:
Able to be carried; portable.
It's expected that if you can carry an item, you can use it "on the go."
Also remember that considering language is a communication system of which the primary aim is to understand each other, you still can use equippable. If the listener clearly understands what you mean, the purpose of language is fulfilled and no "law" has been broken :)
I think the word you want is usable. The weapon (or scroll or potion or...) is usable or can be equpped or is equippable (the usage you're trying to replace).
Caution: the gaming world uses words like "equip" in a way that's somewhat counter to other contexts, which is part of what causes the confusion here. Gamers say that the object of the operation is "equippable", while others refer to the thing being equipped as being "equippable". For example, a car can be equipped with snow tires, but we would never say that the tires are "equippable". If anything is it's the car.
I'm going to go with "No", that is, there is not a 'real' word that is more appropriate for your desired usage.
Equippable, despite not appearing in a dictionary under its own entry, is perfectly understandable, consisting of a well-known root plus a well-known suffix which fits the root just fine. There will not be any confusion caused by its usage. Go with it.
Granted the context you provide, moddable seems to be an established modifier. I'm not understanding the relevance of the example you cite though, as it contains neither the word equippable nor any combination of words carrying its weight of meaning. Beyond that, the words expandable and upgradeable seem fine. It would be helpful however to have a very particular sentence to work with.
If your referring to equipment and how it can be configured, I would recommend "configurable."
I may pick the item up and carry it. However, whether I may put it in my hand or not would be distinguished by whether it is equippable.
However, if you are referring to whether it can be put in your hand (as opposed to portable in some other fashion, like slung over the shoulder), I would recommend "hand-operated".
What you mean by "put in my hand" could have a bearing on what you are looking for. (E.g., A car in the wrong hands can be a dangerous weapon.)
My recommendations: strap-able, equip-able, attachable, wield-able
Equip to a gamer means;
*"A character's ability to make an item in their possession 'active' or 'ready for use' by occupying one of several 'slots' that represent the character's active items on a graphical user interface(GUI) un-equipping an item would be removing it from active duty and placing it back in your backpack or other form of storage."
When you think of equip in that sense you can see why other words will not work.
here is an example:
Items on the player are equipped items on the bottom portion are un-equipped
i feel like most of you are arguing over whether or not using made up words that are universally understood is proper or not and not answering the question.
i had the same problem as the author of this topic and ultimately need a word that is synonymous with equippable and is accepted by spellcheck
I am going with attachable or wieldable.
