Words Starting With PL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PL. This section showcases how PL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ply | 8 | travel a route regularly | Ships ply the waters near the coast |
| plu | 5 | - | - |
4 letter words
View all| 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 |
| plus | 6 | involving advantage or good | a plus (or positive) factor |
| plot | 6 | make a plat of | - |
| plug | 7 | an old or over-worked horse | - |
| plea | 6 | a humble request for help from someone in authority | - |
| plum | 8 | any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone | - |
| ploy | 9 | a maneuver in a game or conversation | - |
| plow | 9 | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week |
| plop | 8 | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | - |
| plie | 6 | - | - |
| pled | 7 | - | - |
| plat | 6 | make a plat of | - |
| plod | 7 | the act of walking with a slow heavy gait | I could recognize his plod anywhere |
| plim | 8 | - | - |
| pleb | 8 | one of the common people | - |
| plap | 8 | - | - |
| plew | 9 | - | - |
| plex | 13 | - | - |
| plue | 6 | - | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| plead | 8 | appeal or request earnestly | I pleaded with him to stop |
| pluto | 7 | (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades | - |
| 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 |
| pluck | 13 | strip of feathers | pluck the capon |
| plank | 11 | cover with planks | The streets were planked |
| plump | 11 | make fat or plump | We will plump out that poor starving child |
| plait | 7 | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | - |
| playa | 10 | - | - |
| plume | 9 | clean with one's bill | - |
| pleas | 7 | - | - |
| plush | 10 | characterized by extravagance and profusion | - |
| plaid | 8 | a cloth having a crisscross design | - |
| plumb | 11 | exactly | fell plumb in the middle of the puddle |
| plebe | 9 | a military trainee (as at a military academy) | - |
| plonk | 11 | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | - |
| plunk | 11 | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | - |
| plebs | 9 | - | - |
| plink | 11 | - | - |
| plena | 7 | - | - |
| plies | 7 | - | - |
| pleat | 7 | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | - |
| plier | 7 | someone who plies a trade | - |
| plack | 13 | - | - |
| plaas | 7 | - | - |
| plage | 8 | the beach at a seaside resort | - |
| plans | 7 | - | - |
| plaps | 9 | - | - |
| plash | 10 | interlace the shoots of | - |
| plasm | 9 | the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes | - |
| plast | 7 | - | - |
| plats | 7 | - | - |
| platt | 7 | - | - |
| platy | 10 | small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish | - |
| plays | 10 | - | - |
| pleon | 7 | - | - |
| plesh | 10 | - | - |
| plews | 10 | - | - |
| plica | 9 | a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | - |
| plied | 8 | - | - |
| plims | 9 | - | - |
| pling | 8 | - | - |
| ploat | 7 | - | - |
| plods | 8 | - | - |
| plong | 8 | - | - |
| plook | 11 | - | - |
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6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| please | 8 | give pleasure to or be pleasing to | These colors please the senses |
| 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 | - |
| plenty | 11 | as much as necessary | I've had plenty, thanks |
| 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 | - |
| pledge | 10 | a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| plunge | 9 | cause to be immersed | The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text |
| plight | 12 | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | the woeful plight of homeless people |
| plaque | 17 | a memorial made of brass | - |
| pliers | 8 | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws | - |
| plough | 12 | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | - |
| plural | 8 | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | - |
| plated | 9 | - | - |
| placid | 11 | not easily irritated | not everyone shared his placid temperament |
| plucky | 17 | marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited | - |
| plowed | 12 | (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | plowed fields |
| plexus | 15 | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels | - |
| plying | 12 | - | - |
| plebes | 10 | - | - |
| planer | 8 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - |
| plover | 11 | any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | - |
| pliant | 8 | able to adjust readily to different conditions | - |
| plummy | 15 | (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich | the radio announcer's plummy voice |
| pluton | 8 | large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | - |
| plinth | 11 | an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | - |
| plumed | 11 | (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume | - |
| plaice | 10 | large European food fish | - |
| plaint | 8 | a cry of sorrow and grief | - |
| plater | 8 | a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) | - |
| playas | 11 | - | - |
| pleura | 8 | the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest | - |
| plower | 11 | a man who plows | - |
| placer | 10 | an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral | - |
| places | 10 | - | - |
| placet | 10 | - | - |
| placit | 10 | - | - |
| placks | 14 | - | - |
| plagal | 9 | - | - |
| plages | 9 | - | - |
| plaguy | 12 | in a disagreeable manner | - |
| plaids | 9 | - | - |
| plaits | 8 | - | - |
| planar | 8 | involving or having two dimensions | - |
| planch | 13 | - | - |
| planed | 9 | - | - |
| planes | 8 | - | - |
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7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| planned | 10 | with planning and intention | - |
| pleased | 10 | feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth | - |
| plastic | 11 | capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) | plastic substances such as wax or clay |
| planted | 10 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions |
| plumber | 13 | a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| playful | 15 | full of fun and high spirits | playful children just let loose from school |
| plugged | 12 | completely obstructed or closed off | the drain was plugged |
| pledged | 12 | bound by or as if by an oath | - |
| 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 | - |
| plucked | 16 | having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl | a plucked chicken |
| plateau | 9 | a relatively flat highland | - |
| plainly | 12 | in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | she was dressed plainly |
| pleaded | 11 | - | - |
| plunder | 10 | goods or money obtained illegally | - |
| plotted | 10 | with planning and intention | - |
| placebo | 13 | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - |
| plunger | 10 | someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | - |
| placate | 11 | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | - |
| plummet | 13 | drop sharply | The stock market plummeted |
| plywood | 16 | a laminate made of thin layers of wood | - |
| plowing | 13 | tilling the land with a plow | he hired someone to do the plowing for him |
| planter | 9 | the owner or manager of a plantation | - |
| playoff | 18 | any final competition to determine a championship | - |
| plumage | 12 | the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | - |
| plating | 10 | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface | - |
| plugger | 11 | someone who is an active supporter and advocate | - |
| playpen | 14 | a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | - |
| pleaser | 9 | a pleasing entertainer | he is quite the crowd pleaser |
| planing | 10 | - | - |
| pliable | 11 | able to adjust readily to different conditions | - |
| plenary | 12 | full in all respects | a plenary session of the legislature |
| placard | 12 | publicize or announce by placards | - |
| plotter | 9 | a member of a conspiracy | - |
| plumper | 13 | - | - |
| plantar | 9 | relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot | plantar warts can be very painful |
| pleural | 9 | of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax | pleural muscles |
| plumbum | 15 | - | - |
| plenish | 12 | - | - |
| plodder | 11 | someone who moves slowly | - |
| plosion | 9 | the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | - |
| plowman | 14 | a man who plows | - |
| plaases | 9 | - | - |
| placcat | 13 | - | - |
| placers | 11 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| pleasure | 10 | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | he was tingling with pleasure |
| 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 |
| pleasant | 10 | affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings | we had a pleasant evening together |
| 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 |
| plumbing | 15 | utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage | - |
| 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 | - |
| pleasing | 11 | giving pleasure and satisfaction | a pleasing piece of news |
| plankton | 14 | the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
| pleading | 12 | begging | - |
| playtime | 15 | time for play or diversion | - |
| 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 | - |
| playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| platonic | 12 | free from physical desire | platonic love |
| plastics | 12 | - | - |
| placenta | 12 | that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
| playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene |
| plunging | 12 | - | - |
| playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - |
| plantain | 10 | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | - |
| plugging | 13 | - | - |
| pledging | 13 | - | - |
| pleiades | 11 | a star cluster in the constellation Taurus | - |
| ploughed | 15 | (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | - |
| playroom | 15 | a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) | - |
| playgirl | 14 | - | - |
| platelet | 10 | tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | - |
| plethora | 13 | extreme excess | - |
| playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - |
| plaguing | 12 | - | - |
| plebeian | 12 | of or associated with the great masses of people | his square plebeian nose |
| plateful | 13 | the quantity contained in a plate | - |
| pleurisy | 13 | inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) | - |
| planchet | 15 | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | - |
| plodding | 13 | (of movement) slow and laborious | - |
| plopping | 15 | - | - |
| plectrum | 14 | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | - |
| plutonic | 12 | of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro | - |
| planking | 15 | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
| playbill | 15 | a theatrical program | he couldn't find her name on the playbill |
| pleating | 11 | the act of folding in parallel folds | - |
| pliocene | 12 | from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals | - |
| placidly | 16 | in a quiet and tranquil manner | the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes |
| playable | 15 | capable of or suitable for being played or played on | a playable lie in golf |
| pleonasm | 12 | using more words than necessary | - |
| plumping | 15 | very large; of exceptional size for its kind | won by a plumping majority |
| placable | 14 | easily calmed or pacified | - |
| placably | 17 | - | - |
| placards | 13 | - | - |
| placated | 13 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| plaintiff | 17 | a person who brings an action in a court of law | - |
| plutonium | 13 | a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 | - |
| placement | 15 | the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | the placement of the chairs |
| 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 | - |
| plausible | 13 | apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing | a plausible excuse |
| plentiful | 14 | producing in abundance | a plentiful year |
| playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - |
| plundered | 13 | wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value | people returned to the plundered village |
| plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - |
| ploughing | 16 | tilling the land with a plow | - |
| 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 |
| plaintive | 14 | expressing sorrow | - |
| plastique | 20 | an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy | - |
| playmaker | 20 | a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | - |
| pleasured | 12 | - | - |
| ploughman | 17 | a man who plows | - |
| placating | 14 | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | placating (or placative) gestures |
| plasterer | 11 | a worker skilled in applying plaster | - |
| pleadings | 13 | - | - |
| plainness | 11 | an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | - |
| plurality | 14 | (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) | - |
| pluralism | 13 | a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated | - |
| platitude | 12 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| plenitude | 12 | a full supply | - |
| pluralize | 20 | mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese? |
| placental | 13 | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | - |
| plainsong | 12 | (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | - |
| 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 |
| placarded | 15 | - | - |
| placaters | 13 | - | - |
| placation | 13 | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | - |
| placative | 16 | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | placating (or placative) gestures |
| placatory | 16 | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | an astonishingly placatory speech |
| placcates | 15 | - | - |
| placeable | 15 | capable of being recognized | - |
| placeboes | 15 | - | - |
| placekick | 23 | - | - |
| placeless | 13 | - | - |
| placemats | 15 | - | - |
| placentae | 13 | - | - |
| placentas | 13 | - | - |
| placidest | 14 | - | - |
| placidity | 17 | a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | - |
| placitory | 16 | - | - |
| plackless | 17 | - | - |
| placoderm | 16 | fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws | - |
| plaguiest | 12 | - | - |
| plaidings | 13 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - |
| plantation | 12 | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | - |
| pleasantly | 15 | in a cheerful manner | `I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly |
| plundering | 14 | the act of stealing valuable things from a place | the plundering of the Parthenon |
| playwright | 22 | someone who writes plays | - |
| plagiarism | 15 | the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | - |
| plastering | 13 | the application of plaster | - |
| pleasuring | 13 | - | - |
| plasticine | 14 | a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools) | - |
| plebiscite | 16 | a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance | - |
| plesiosaur | 12 | extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | - |
| plutocracy | 19 | a political system governed by the wealthy people | - |
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| pleasingly | 16 | in a pleasing manner | the room was pleasingly large |
| plasticity | 17 | the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | - |
| playschool | 20 | a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | - |
| plagiarize | 22 | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | - |
| pluperfect | 19 | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past | - |
| placarding | 16 | - | - |
| placations | 14 | - | - |
| placekicks | 24 | - | - |
| placements | 16 | - | - |
| placentals | 14 | - | - |
| placentate | 14 | - | - |
| placidness | 15 | a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | - |
| placoderms | 17 | - | - |
| plagiaries | 13 | - | - |
| plagiarise | 13 | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | - |
| plagiarist | 13 | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | - |
| plaguelike | 17 | - | - |
| plaguesome | 15 | - | - |
| plainchant | 17 | (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | - |
| plainsongs | 13 | - | - |
| plaintexts | 19 | - | - |
| plaintiffs | 18 | - | - |
| plaintless | 12 | - | - |
| plainworks | 19 | - | - |
| plaistered | 13 | - | - |
| planarians | 12 | - | - |
| planations | 12 | - | - |
| planchette | 17 | a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages | - |
| planeloads | 13 | - | - |
| planesides | 13 | - | - |
| planetaria | 12 | - | - |
| planetical | 14 | - | - |
| planetlike | 16 | - | - |
| planetoids | 13 | - | - |
| planetwide | 16 | - | - |
| plangently | 16 | - | - |
| planigrams | 15 | - | - |
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