Definition of word 'plays'

Showing definition for 'play'
  • n. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  • n. a theatrical performance of a drama
  • n. a preset plan of action in team sports
  • n. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
  • n. a state in which action is feasible
  • n. utilization or exercise
  • n. an attempt to get something
  • n. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
  • n. (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
  • n. the removal of constraints
  • n. a weak and tremulous light
  • n. verbal wit or mockery
  • n. movement or space for movement
  • n. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
  • n. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
  • n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning
  • n. the act using a sword
  • v. participate in games or sport
  • v. act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
  • v. play on an instrument
  • v. play a role or part
  • v. be at play
  • v. replay
  • v. perform music on
  • v. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
  • v. move or seem to move quickly
  • v. bet or wager
  • v. engage in recreational activities rather than work
  • v. pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
  • v. emit recorded sound
  • v. perform on a certain location
  • v. put
  • v. engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
  • v. behave in a certain way
  • v. cause to emit recorded audio or video
  • v. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
  • v. use to one's advantage
  • v. consider not very seriously
  • v. be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
  • v. behave carelessly or indifferently
  • v. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
  • v. perform on a stage or theater
  • v. be performed or presented for public viewing
  • v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  • v. discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
  • v. make bets
  • v. stake on the outcome of an issue
  • v. shoot or hit in a particular manner
  • v. use or move
  • v. employ in a game or in a specific position
  • v. contend against an opponent in a sport
  • v. exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

Synonyms of the word 'play'

Antonyms of the word 'play'

Words with two extra letters in addition to the word 'plays'

List of words that you can form using two extra letters in addition to letters from the word 'plays'
Extra Letters Word Scrabble® Points
by byplays 17
kr spakrly 16
hl ahplyls 15
hi aphsily 15
ft flypast 15
eh seaphly 15
hr sharply 15
iw slipway 15
hs hplashy 15
rw sprawly 15
iw iaspwly 15
co calypso 14
ce cypsela 14
im imsplay 14
ip saipily 14
di display 13
gn spagnly 13
de splayde 13
ei paesliy 12
ar parlays 12
er paelrys 12
er paeslry 12
ao payolas 12
er players 12
rt psalrty 12
ls plyslas 12
or pyorlas 12
er erplays 12
io siapoly 12
er spaerly 12

Words with an extra letter

You can build the following words with an extra letter
Extra Letters Word Scrabble® Points
h plashy 14
u layups 11
t platys 11
a playas 11
l psylla 11
s splays 11

41 words found for letters 'ALPSY'

5 letter words

Anagrams of the word plays, words consist of 'ALPSY'
Word Scrabble® Points Word with Friends® Points
palsy 10 11
plays 10 11
splay 10 11

4 letter words

Words that can be created using 4 letters from the word 'plays'
Word Scrabble® Points Word with Friends® Points
paly 9 10
play 9 10
pays 9 9
pyas 9 9
spay 9 9
yaps 9 9
lays 7 7
slay 7 7
alps 6 8
laps 6 8
pals 6 8
salp 6 8
slap 6 8

3 letter words

Words that can be created using 3 letters from the word 'plays'
Word Scrabble® Points Word with Friends® Points
pay 8 8
pya 8 8
yap 8 8
ply 8 9
spy 8 8
lay 6 6
ays 6 5
say 6 5
sly 6 6
alp 5 7
lap 5 7
pal 5 7
asp 5 6
pas 5 6
sap 5 6
spa 5 6
als 3 4
las 3 4
sal 3 4

2 letter words

Words that can be created using 2 letters from the word 'plays'
Word Scrabble® Points Word with Friends® Points
ay 5 4
ya 5 4
pa 4 5
al 2 3
la 2 3
as 2 2

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