Is PLAY a word?
PLAY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 8 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PLAY is a valid word.
What does play mean?
noun: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
“he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PLAY: word details
- Pronunciation: PLAY (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of play
Shorter words inside play
Words you can make from the letters of play.
Solve a whole rack, not just PLAY
PLAY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PLAY mean?
PLAY is a noun. It means: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
Is PLAY a valid word?
Yes, PLAY is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.