PLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLAY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does PLAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To engage in activity for enjoyment.
Play covers a child's game, a work for the stage and the slack in a mechanism, so English uses one word where most languages need three. The theatrical sense is already there in Old English.
How PLAY is used
Played, plays. Also a noun.
- They played until it was too dark to see.
- The word play covers a game and a stage work alike.
- Two plays in one season by the same author.
- There is too much play in the steering.
- Most languages need three words where play does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLAY
The 4 tiles of PLAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLAY
Showing 24 of 104 words that begin with PLAY.
Words ending in PLAY
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in PLAY. Useful as a back hook: play PLAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLAY inside
Showing 24 of 88 words that contain PLAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAY
Common questions about PLAY
- Is PLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAY worth?
- PLAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAY mean?
- To engage in activity for enjoyment.
- What letters can be added to PLAY?
- PLAY takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PLAY:
Open PLAY in the Word Finder