PLANE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PLANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLANE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about PLANE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PLANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A completely flat surface, real or imagined, such that a straight line joining any two points on it lies entirely within it.
In geometry a plane has no edges and extends in every direction, and describing something as flat is really describing how closely it matches this ideal surface. The same word is also the everyday short form of aeroplane, and a woodworking plane is a hand tool that shaves a wooden surface down until it is level, so all three uses share the underlying idea of flatness or levelling. A plane tree, by contrast, gets its name from its broad, flat leaves rather than from geometry, and the two words simply happen to look alike. Because the word covers a shape, a machine, a tool and a tree, the surrounding sentence usually makes clear which plane is meant.
How PLANE is used
Common in mathematics for the flat surface, and equally common in everyday speech as a short form of aeroplane.
- Any two points on a flat plane can be joined by a straight line that stays on it.
- Their plane landed an hour late because of the storm.
- He ran the plane along the edge of the board to smooth it down.
- Rows of plane trees lined the avenue leading to the square.
- The architect sketched the roof as a single sloped plane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLANE
The 5 tiles of PLANE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PLANE
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with PLANE.
Words ending in PLANE
Showing 24 of 37 words that end in PLANE. Useful as a back hook: play PLANE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLANE inside
Showing 24 of 55 words that contain PLANE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLANE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANE
Showing 40 of 41. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PLANE
- Is PLANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANE worth?
- PLANE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANE mean?
- A completely flat surface, real or imagined, such that a straight line joining any two points on it lies entirely within it.
- What letters can be added to PLANE?
- PLANE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLANE:
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