PLOY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PLOY 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 PLOY?
| 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 PLOY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLOY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLOY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PLOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does PLOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cunning move made to gain an advantage.
Ploy is Scottish in origin and meant an escapade long before it meant a tactic. The modern sense spread out of military writing during the twentieth century.
How PLOY is used
Countable: a ploy, two ploys.
- A ploy that worked once and never again.
- The word ploy is Scottish in origin.
- Two ploys in the same negotiation and both transparent.
- Ploy meant an escapade before it meant a tactic.
- Military writing spread the modern sense of ploy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLOY
The 4 tiles of PLOY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLOY
5 longer words begin with PLOY.
Words ending in PLOY
8 words end in PLOY. Useful as a back hook: play PLOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLOY inside
Showing 24 of 74 words that contain PLOY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLOY
Common questions about PLOY
- Is PLOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLOY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLOY worth?
- PLOY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLOY mean?
- A cunning move made to gain an advantage.
- What letters can be added to PLOY?
- PLOY takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PLOY:
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