PLY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLY
No single letter turns PLY into another word.
How PLY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does PLY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To work at something steadily, or to travel a route regularly.
Ply is two senses that separated a long time ago: plying a trade is applying oneself to it, and a ferry that goes back and forth between two ports is doing the same thing in another direction. An unrelated noun meaning a layer of wood or wool gave English plywood and three-ply.
How PLY is used
Transitive and intransitive. The unrelated noun means a layer.
- The boats ply between the two harbours all summer.
- He was plying his trade on the same corner for years.
- They ply the passengers with tea and biscuits.
- Three-ply wool is thicker than two.
- A ferry will ply that route until the bridge opens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLY
8 longer words begin with PLY.
Words ending in PLY
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in PLY. Useful as a back hook: play PLY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLY inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain PLY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about PLY
- Is PLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLY worth?
- PLY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLY mean?
- To work at something steadily, or to travel a route regularly.
- What letters can be added to PLY?
- No single letter can be added to PLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PLY:
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