PLAYA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PLAYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAYA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLAYA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
playasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLAYA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLAYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PLAYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A flat, low area at the bottom of a desert basin that fills with a shallow lake after rain and dries into a hard, cracked plain.
A playa forms in a closed desert basin with no outlet, where rainwater collects, spreads into a thin temporary lake, and then evaporates, leaving behind a flat surface of fine sediment and salt. Because the ground dries so evenly, a playa often looks almost perfectly level and can develop a distinctive pattern of cracked, hardened mud. The word comes from Spanish, where it originally meant beach, and it is used widely in the deserts of the American Southwest and Mexico. Playas are sometimes used for events, land-speed racing or air strips, since their hard, open surface can support vehicles when fully dry.
How PLAYA is used
Used mainly in geography and in writing about the deserts of the American Southwest.
- After the storm, the playa filled with a shallow sheet of water.
- They drove across the dry playa toward the distant mountains.
- The cracked surface of the playa stretched flat to the horizon.
- Engineers chose the playa for its hard, level ground.
- A thin layer of salt covered the playa after the lake dried up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLAYA
The 5 tiles of PLAYA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLAYA
11 longer words begin with PLAYA.
Words with PLAYA inside
3 words contain PLAYA in the middle. Words that start with PLAYA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAYA
Common questions about PLAYA
- Is PLAYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAYA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAYA worth?
- PLAYA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAYA mean?
- A flat, low area at the bottom of a desert basin that fills with a shallow lake after rain and dries into a hard, cracked plain.
- What letters can be added to PLAYA?
- PLAYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLAYA:
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