PLIGHT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PLIGHT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLIGHT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLIGHT is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLIGHT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLIGHT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PLIGHT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What stands out about PLIGHT
- PLIGHT gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PLIGHT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A difficult, dangerous or unfortunate situation that is hard to escape from.
People talk about the plight of refugees, of a failing business or of an animal caught in a trap, always meaning a bad state that calls for sympathy or help. The word leans toward trouble even without an adjective. A separate verb plight, now mostly archaic, means to pledge something solemnly, as in plighting troth at a wedding.
How PLIGHT is used
Usually found with sad, sorry, desperate or similar words, and often followed by "of" and the group that suffers.
- The report draws attention to the plight of families who lost their homes in the flood.
- Nobody could ignore the plight of the stranded hikers once the storm set in.
- Her plight grew worse each week as the unpaid bills piled up.
- What a sorry plight we are in without a map or a working compass!
- The charity was founded to improve the plight of stray animals in the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLIGHT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLIGHT
6 longer words begin with PLIGHT.
Shorter words from the letters in PLIGHT
Common questions about PLIGHT
- Is PLIGHT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLIGHT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLIGHT worth?
- PLIGHT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLIGHT mean?
- A difficult, dangerous or unfortunate situation that is hard to escape from.
- What letters can be added to PLIGHT?
- PLIGHT takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PLIGHT:
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