The word ploy 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.)

  • ploy n. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
  • ploy n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
  • ploy n. (Obsolete) Employment.

9 valid words from 3 definitions

DIALECT EMPLOYMENT FROLIC OBSOLETE OR SCHEME SPORT STRATEGY TACTIC

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

SCOTLAND UK

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

LO LOY OY

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

YO

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

POLY

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

CLOY PIOY PLAY PLOD PLOP PLOT PLOW

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

LOY PLY

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

PLOYE PLOYS PLOYED PLOYES PLOYING

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

DEPLOYS EMPLOYE EMPLOYS DEPLOYED DEPLOYER EMPLOYED EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYES COEMPLOYS DEPLOYERS DEPLOYING EMPLOYEES EMPLOYERS EMPLOYING REDEPLOYS REEMPLOYS COEMPLOYED DEPLOYABLE DEPLOYMENT DISEMPLOYS EMPLOYABLE EMPLOYMENT MISEMPLOYS REDEPLOYED REEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED COEMPLOYING DEPLOYMENTS DISEMPLOYED EMPLOYABLES EMPLOYMENTS MISEMPLOYED NONEMPLOYEE REDEPLOYING REEMPLOYING SUBEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYEDS COUNTERPLOYS DISEMPLOYING MISEMPLOYING NONEMPLOYEES REDEPLOYMENT REEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYABLE UNEMPLOYMENT DISEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYABILITY MALDEPLOYMENT MISEMPLOYMENT + 20 words

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

DEPLOY EMPLOY COEMPLOY REDEPLOY REEMPLOY DISEMPLOY MISEMPLOY COUNTERPLOY

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

+E PLOYE POLEY
+L POLLY
+N PYLON
+O LOOPY
+P LOPPY POLYP
+S PLOYS POLYS SLOPY

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

-O PLY
-P LOY
-Y LOP POL

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 199 chance (0.50%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 875 chance (0.11%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one 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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