PLAINT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PLAINT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAINT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLAINT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAINT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
plaintsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLAINT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PLAINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does PLAINT mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaiclegal
A formal statement of complaint, especially one made to a court, or more generally an expression of sorrow or grievance.
In law, a plaint was the written document that began a civil case, setting out exactly what the plaintiff claimed had gone wrong, and the word plaintiff itself comes from the same root. Outside the courtroom, older writers used plaint more loosely for any cry of grief or complaint, as in a mournful song or lament. Both uses have faded from everyday speech, so a modern reader mostly meets plaint in older novels, poetry, or legal history.
How PLAINT is used
Rare in current speech; met chiefly in legal history and in older or literary writing about grief.
- The clerk filed the plaint that opened the lawsuit.
- Her plaint rose through the empty hall like a mournful song.
- The old ballad ends with the widow's plaint against fate.
- Lawyers today would call that document a complaint rather than a plaint.
- He read the knight's plaint aloud, and the court fell silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAINT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLAINT
The 6 tiles of PLAINT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLAINT
11 longer words begin with PLAINT.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAINT
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Common questions about PLAINT
- Is PLAINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAINT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAINT worth?
- PLAINT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAINT mean?
- A formal statement of complaint, especially one made to a court, or more generally an expression of sorrow or grievance.
- What letters can be added to PLAINT?
- PLAINT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PLAINT:
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