WORDPLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WORDPLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORDPLAY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORDPLAY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORDPLAY
Front hooks — 1
swordplayBack hooks — 1
wordplaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WORDPLAY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WORDPLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WORDPLAY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WORDPLAY
- All 8 letters of WORDPLAY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WORDPLAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Clever or witty use of words, especially by exploiting double meanings and similar sounds.
Puns, riddles and spoonerisms all count as wordplay, and many comedians build whole routines on it. Cryptic crosswords depend on wordplay to hide the answer in plain sight.
How WORDPLAY is used
Used when praising or describing humour, poetry, headlines and advertising slogans.
- The headline was a neat piece of wordplay.
- Her poems are full of wordplay and sly jokes.
- The two friends traded wordplay all through dinner.
- Translators struggle most with wordplay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORDPLAY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORDPLAY
1 longer words begin with WORDPLAY.
Shorter words from the letters in WORDPLAY
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Common questions about WORDPLAY
- Is WORDPLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORDPLAY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORDPLAY worth?
- WORDPLAY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORDPLAY mean?
- Clever or witty use of words, especially by exploiting double meanings and similar sounds.
- What letters can be added to WORDPLAY?
- WORDPLAY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WORDPLAY:
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