The word ply is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • ply n. A layer of material.
  • ply n. A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
  • ply n. (Colloquial) Short for plywood.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

COLLOQUIAL FOR LAYER MAKES MATERIAL OF OR OTHER PLYWOOD ROPE SHORT STRAND STRANDS THAT TOGETHER TWISTED UP WITH YARN

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

CLY FLY PAY PLU PRY PUY SLY VLY

6 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

PALY PILY PLAY PLOY POLY PULY

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PLYER PLYERS PLYING PLYWOOD PLYINGLY PLYWOODS PLYOMETRIC PLYOMETRICS

25 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

UPLYING APPLYING DUPLYING IMPLYING REPLYING COMPLYING SUPPLYING TRIPLYING OVERPLYING REAPPLYING SUPPLYMENT DISAPPLYING MISAPPLYING MULTIPLYING PREAPPLYING RESUPPLYING SEXTUPLYING SUPPLYMENTS UNCOMPLYING EMPANOPLYING NONCOMPLYING NONCOMPLYINGS OVERSUPPLYING UNDERSUPPLYING OVERMULTIPLYING

48 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

AMPLY APPLY DUPLY HAPLY HIPLY IMPLY REPLY CAMPLY COMPLY DAMPLY DEEPLY DIMPLY JIMPLY LIMPLY PIMPLY POPPLY PURPLY RIPPLY RUMPLY SIMPLY SUPPLY TRIPLY CHEAPLY CRISPLY CRUMPLY OCTUPLY OVERPLY PANOPLY PLUMPLY REAPPLY SHARPLY STEEPLY CROSSPLY DISAPPLY MISAPPLY MULTIPLY PREAPPLY RESUPPLY SCRIMPLY SEXTUPLY AUTOREPLY EMPANOPLY QUADRUPLY QUINTUPLY OVERSIMPLY OVERSUPPLY UNDERSUPPLY OVERMULTIPLY

7 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A PALY PLAY
+E YELP
+I PILY
+O PLOY POLY
+U PULY

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 72.2 chance (1.39%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 289 chance (0.35%).

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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