Words Containing PLA
Explore a range of words that include the letter PLA, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring PLA.
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example | 
|---|---|---|---|
| play | 9 | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Princeton plays Yale this weekend | 
| plan | 6 | an arrangement scheme | a plan for seating guests | 
| plat | 6 | make a plat of | - | 
| plap | 8 | - | - | 
5 letter words
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| place | 9 | a job in an organization | - | 
| plane | 7 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - | 
| plant | 7 | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | - | 
| plate | 7 | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | - | 
| plain | 7 | not mixed with extraneous elements | plain water | 
| plaza | 16 | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | a good plaza should have a movie house | 
| plank | 11 | cover with planks | The streets were planked | 
| playa | 10 | - | - | 
| plait | 7 | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | - | 
| splat | 7 | a single splash | he heard a splat as it hit the floor | 
| plaid | 8 | a cloth having a crisscross design | - | 
| splay | 10 | move out of position | - | 
| plack | 13 | - | - | 
| platt | 7 | - | - | 
| uplay | 10 | - | - | 
| repla | 7 | - | - | 
| pepla | 9 | - | - | 
| platy | 10 | small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish | - | 
| plats | 7 | - | - | 
| plast | 7 | - | - | 
| plasm | 9 | the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes | - | 
| plash | 10 | interlace the shoots of | - | 
| plaps | 9 | - | - | 
| plays | 10 | - | - | 
| plans | 7 | - | - | 
| plage | 8 | the beach at a seaside resort | - | 
| plaas | 7 | - | - | 
6 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| played | 12 | (of games) engaged in | the loosely played game | 
| planet | 8 | (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction | - | 
| player | 11 | someone who takes part in an activity | he was a major player in setting up the corporation | 
| placed | 11 | situated in a particular spot or position | strategically placed artillery | 
| plague | 9 | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | - | 
| splash | 11 | the act of scattering water about haphazardly | - | 
| plasma | 10 | the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended | - | 
| plains | 8 | - | - | 
| plaque | 17 | a memorial made of brass | - | 
| replay | 11 | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape | - | 
| plated | 9 | - | - | 
| poplar | 10 | any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | - | 
| placid | 11 | not easily irritated | not everyone shared his placid temperament | 
| upland | 9 | used of high or hilly country | - | 
| hoopla | 11 | blatant or sensational promotion | - | 
| planer | 8 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - | 
| plater | 8 | a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) | - | 
| plaint | 8 | a cry of sorrow and grief | - | 
| plaice | 10 | large European food fish | - | 
| playas | 11 | - | - | 
| byplay | 16 | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | - | 
| yplast | 11 | - | - | 
| uplays | 11 | - | - | 
| uplaid | 9 | - | - | 
| splays | 11 | - | - | 
| splats | 8 | - | - | 
| splake | 12 | - | - | 
| replan | 8 | - | - | 
| platys | 11 | - | - | 
| plants | 8 | - | - | 
| planta | 8 | - | - | 
| planks | 12 | - | - | 
| planes | 8 | - | - | 
| planed | 9 | - | - | 
| planch | 13 | - | - | 
| plashy | 14 | - | - | 
| plates | 8 | - | - | 
| platen | 8 | the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type | - | 
| platan | 8 | any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits | - | 
| plaste | 8 | - | - | 
| plasms | 10 | - | - | 
| planar | 8 | involving or having two dimensions | - | 
| plaits | 8 | - | - | 
| placet | 10 | - | - | 
| places | 10 | - | - | 
| placer | 10 | an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral | - | 
| placit | 10 | - | - | 
| plaids | 9 | - | - | 
| plaguy | 12 | in a disagreeable manner | - | 
| plages | 9 | - | - | 
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7 letter words
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| playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - | 
| explain | 16 | serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again | 
| planned | 10 | with planning and intention | - | 
| plastic | 11 | capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) | plastic substances such as wax or clay | 
| replace | 11 | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt | 
| display | 13 | to show, make visible or apparent | National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship | 
| planted | 10 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions | 
| platoon | 9 | a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity | platoons of tourists poured out of the busses | 
| playboy | 17 | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | - | 
| plaster | 9 | cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters | 
| placing | 12 | - | - | 
| applaud | 12 | clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | - | 
| playful | 15 | full of fun and high spirits | playful children just let loose from school | 
| implant | 11 | put firmly in the mind | - | 
| planner | 9 | a person who makes plans | - | 
| platter | 9 | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | - | 
| plateau | 9 | a relatively flat highland | - | 
| templar | 11 | a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher | - | 
| plainly | 12 | in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | she was dressed plainly | 
| placebo | 13 | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - | 
| placate | 11 | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | - | 
| planter | 9 | the owner or manager of a plantation | - | 
| playoff | 18 | any final competition to determine a championship | - | 
| plating | 10 | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface | - | 
| gunplay | 13 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - | 
| playpen | 14 | a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | - | 
| planing | 10 | - | - | 
| airplay | 12 | - | - | 
| splashy | 15 | marked by ostentation but often tasteless | a splashy half-page ad | 
| placard | 12 | publicize or announce by placards | - | 
| replant | 9 | plant again or anew | They replanted the land | 
| plantar | 9 | relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot | plantar warts can be very painful | 
| biplane | 11 | old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - | 
| exempla | 18 | - | - | 
| explant | 16 | - | - | 
| enplane | 9 | board a plane | - | 
| endplay | 13 | - | - | 
| emplane | 11 | board a plane | - | 
| emplace | 13 | provide a new emplacement for guns | - | 
| deplane | 10 | get off an airplane | - | 
| outplan | 9 | - | - | 
| outplay | 12 | excel or defeat in a game | The Knicks outplayed the Lakers | 
| replays | 12 | - | - | 
| replate | 9 | - | - | 
| replans | 9 | - | - | 
| preplan | 11 | - | - | 
| poplars | 11 | - | - | 
| playlet | 12 | a short play | - | 
| players | 12 | - | - | 
| playday | 16 | time for play or diversion | - | 
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8 letter words
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| planning | 11 | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties | 
| applause | 12 | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | - | 
| complain | 14 | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | My mother complains all day | 
| airplane | 10 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane | 
| replaced | 13 | - | - | 
| platform | 15 | a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | - | 
| planting | 11 | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area | the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner | 
| platinum | 12 | a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits | - | 
| foreplay | 16 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - | 
| anyplace | 15 | at or in or to any place | - | 
| plankton | 14 | the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - | 
| playtime | 15 | time for play or diversion | - | 
| eggplant | 12 | hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | - | 
| platypus | 15 | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | - | 
| chaplain | 15 | a clergyman ministering to some institution | - | 
| playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - | 
| platonic | 12 | free from physical desire | platonic love | 
| splashed | 14 | covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | gardens splashed with color | 
| plastics | 12 | - | - | 
| playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene | 
| placenta | 12 | that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - | 
| splatter | 10 | the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | - | 
| playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - | 
| plantain | 10 | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | - | 
| whiplash | 19 | an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | - | 
| template | 12 | a model or standard for making comparisons | - | 
| misplace | 14 | place (something) where one cannot find it again | I misplaced my eyeglasses | 
| playroom | 15 | a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) | - | 
| playgirl | 14 | - | - | 
| wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - | 
| displace | 13 | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | - | 
| platelet | 10 | tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | - | 
| playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - | 
| plaguing | 12 | - | - | 
| seaplane | 10 | glide on the water in a hydroplane | - | 
| exemplar | 19 | something to be imitated | an exemplar of success | 
| plateful | 13 | the quantity contained in a plate | - | 
| downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - | 
| planchet | 15 | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | - | 
| hotplate | 13 | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm | - | 
| supplant | 12 | take the place or move into the position of | the computer has supplanted the slide rule | 
| overplay | 16 | exaggerate one's acting | - | 
| warplane | 13 | an aircraft designed and used for combat | - | 
| kreplach | 19 | - | - | 
| playbill | 15 | a theatrical program | he couldn't find her name on the playbill | 
| planking | 15 | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - | 
| playable | 15 | capable of or suitable for being played or played on | a playable lie in golf | 
| placidly | 16 | in a quiet and tranquil manner | the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes | 
| bioplays | 15 | - | - | 
| fourplay | 16 | - | - | 
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9 letter words
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| someplace | 15 | in or at or to some place | - | 
| complaint | 15 | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | - | 
| fireplace | 16 | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it | 
| replacing | 14 | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | replacing the star will not be easy | 
| plaintiff | 17 | a person who brings an action in a court of law | - | 
| workplace | 20 | a place where work is done | - | 
| splashing | 15 | the act of scattering water about haphazardly | - | 
| misplaced | 16 | lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | misplaced tickets | 
| displayed | 16 | - | - | 
| placement | 15 | the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | the placement of the chairs | 
| exemplary | 23 | being or serving as an illustration of a type | an action exemplary of his conduct | 
| implanted | 14 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions | 
| planetary | 14 | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | planetary motion | 
| plastered | 12 | very drunk | - | 
| aeroplane | 11 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | - | 
| plausible | 13 | apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing | a plausible excuse | 
| displaced | 15 | - | - | 
| playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - | 
| plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - | 
| swordplay | 18 | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | - | 
| playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully | 
| unplanned | 12 | not done with purpose or intent | - | 
| ectoplasm | 15 | (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance | - | 
| horseplay | 17 | rowdy or boisterous play | - | 
| plaintive | 14 | expressing sorrow | - | 
| nameplate | 13 | a plate bearing a name | - | 
| esplanade | 12 | a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore | - | 
| plastique | 20 | an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy | - | 
| interplay | 14 | reciprocal action and reaction | - | 
| playmaker | 20 | a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | - | 
| altiplano | 11 | - | - | 
| gangplank | 17 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - | 
| plasterer | 11 | a worker skilled in applying plaster | - | 
| placating | 14 | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | placating (or placative) gestures | 
| plainness | 11 | an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | - | 
| swampland | 17 | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | - | 
| monoplane | 13 | an airplane with a single wing | - | 
| cytoplasm | 18 | the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism | - | 
| platitude | 12 | a trite or obvious remark | - | 
| faceplate | 16 | a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) | - | 
| dysplasia | 15 | abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - | 
| doorplate | 12 | a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there | - | 
| showplace | 19 | a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty | - | 
| neoplasia | 11 | the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - | 
| emplacing | 16 | - | - | 
| footplate | 14 | the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls | - | 
| photoplay | 19 | - | - | 
| planetoid | 12 | any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun | - | 
| plausibly | 16 | easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | he talked plausibly before the committee | 
| placental | 13 | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | - | 
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example | 
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| screenplay | 17 | a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - | 
| playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - | 
| transplant | 12 | transfer from one place or period to another | The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America | 
| plantation | 12 | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | - | 
| birthplace | 19 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | the birthplace of civilization | 
| splattered | 13 | covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | kitchen walls splattered with grease | 
| playwright | 22 | someone who writes plays | - | 
| complacent | 18 | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions | he had become complacent after years of success | 
| plagiarism | 15 | the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | - | 
| ballplayer | 17 | an athlete who plays baseball | - | 
| implacable | 18 | incapable of being placated | an implacable enemy | 
| plastering | 13 | the application of plaster | - | 
| displacing | 16 | - | - | 
| plasticine | 14 | a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools) | - | 
| stepladder | 14 | a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | - | 
| protoplasm | 16 | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | - | 
| cardplayer | 18 | - | - | 
| splashdown | 19 | a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight | - | 
| houseplant | 15 | any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - | 
| complainer | 16 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - | 
| everyplace | 20 | to or in any or all places | - | 
| misplacing | 17 | - | - | 
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - | 
| unplayable | 17 | not capable of or suitable for being played or played on | the golf ball was in an unplayable lie | 
| hydroplane | 19 | glide on the water in a hydroplane | - | 
| floodplain | 16 | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding | - | 
| playschool | 20 | a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | - | 
| plasticity | 17 | the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | - | 
| plagiarize | 22 | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | - | 
| deutoplasm | 15 | - | - | 
| gangplanks | 18 | - | - | 
| floatplane | 15 | a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water | - | 
| fishplates | 18 | - | - | 
| footplates | 15 | - | - | 
| fireplaces | 17 | - | - | 
| fireplaced | 18 | - | - | 
| explanting | 20 | - | - | 
| explaining | 20 | - | - | 
| explainers | 19 | - | - | 
| faceplates | 17 | - | - | 
| euplastics | 14 | - | - | 
| exoplanets | 19 | - | - | 
| epiplastra | 14 | - | - | 
| esplanades | 13 | - | - | 
| endplaying | 17 | - | - | 
| endoplasms | 15 | - | - | 
| emplastrum | 16 | - | - | 
| emplastron | 14 | - | - | 
| emplastics | 16 | - | - | 
| emplasters | 14 | - | - | 
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