PLEAD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PLEAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLEAD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLEAD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLEAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLEAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLEAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about PLEAD
- 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 PLEAD mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make an urgent, emotional request for something, or, in a court of law, to formally answer a criminal charge by stating guilt or innocence.
Someone who pleads for help or mercy speaks with visible urgency, often repeating the request because ordinary asking has already failed. In a courtroom, however, plead carries a narrower, formal sense, since a defendant must plead guilty or not guilty before a trial can proceed, and lawyers speak of entering a plea rather than making an ordinary request. The two senses share a common root in old ideas about arguing a case, whether before a judge or before another person's sympathy. English allows both pleaded and pled as past-tense forms, and usage varies by region and by writer.
How PLEAD is used
Common in everyday speech for an urgent appeal, and, as a distinct formal sense, in legal writing for a defendant's courtroom answer to a charge.
- She began to plead with the officer to let her go.
- The defendant will plead not guilty at tomorrow's hearing.
- He continued to plead his case to anyone who would listen.
- The lawyer advised her client to plead guilty to the lesser charge.
- Villagers plead for aid whenever the floods return.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLEAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLEAD
The 5 tiles of PLEAD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PLEAD
8 longer words begin with PLEAD.
Words ending in PLEAD
6 words end in PLEAD. Useful as a back hook: play PLEAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLEAD inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain PLEAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLEAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLEAD
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Common questions about PLEAD
- Is PLEAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLEAD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLEAD worth?
- PLEAD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLEAD mean?
- To make an urgent, emotional request for something, or, in a court of law, to formally answer a criminal charge by stating guilt or innocence.
- What letters can be added to PLEAD?
- PLEAD takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLEAD:
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