PLAIT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PLAIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAIT?
| 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 PLAIT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
plaitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLAIT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLAIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does PLAIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A length of hair, straw or other material formed by weaving three or more strands over one another.
To plait something, three or more strands are crossed over each other in a regular pattern, which locks them together more firmly than a simple twist. The technique is old enough to appear in basketry and rope-making long before it became a common way to style hair, and the same crossing pattern still shows up in loaves of bread, rugs and garden hedges trained into shape. British English keeps plait for both the noun and the verb, while American English more often uses braid for the same thing, so the two words describe exactly the same result. A single plait can be tight and neat for practical work, or loose and decorative for a special occasion.
How PLAIT is used
Standard in British English for both the noun and the verb; American speakers more often say braid instead.
- She wore her hair in a single thick plait down her back.
- The baker finished the loaf with a neat plait across the top.
- He learned to plait rope on his grandfather's fishing boat.
- Each plait took her sister nearly ten minutes to finish.
- The girls plaited straw into small baskets for the fair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLAIT
6 longer words begin with PLAIT.
Words ending in PLAIT
1 words end in PLAIT. Useful as a back hook: play PLAIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLAIT inside
3 words contain PLAIT in the middle. Words that start with PLAIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAIT
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Common questions about PLAIT
- Is PLAIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAIT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAIT worth?
- PLAIT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAIT mean?
- A length of hair, straw or other material formed by weaving three or more strands over one another.
- What letters can be added to PLAIT?
- PLAIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLAIT:
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