Words Starting With PLA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PLA. This section showcases how PLA 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 PLA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
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
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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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 |
| plait | 7 | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | - |
| playa | 10 | - | - |
| plaid | 8 | a cloth having a crisscross design | - |
| 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 | - | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| plated | 9 | - | - |
| placid | 11 | not easily irritated | not everyone shared his placid temperament |
| planer | 8 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| planks | 12 | - | - |
| planta | 8 | - | - |
| plants | 8 | - | - |
| plashy | 14 | - | - |
| plasms | 10 | - | - |
| plaste | 8 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| platen | 8 | the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type | - |
| plates | 8 | - | - |
| platys | 11 | - | - |
| plazas | 17 | - | - |
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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| playpen | 14 | a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | - |
| planing | 10 | - | - |
| placard | 12 | publicize or announce by placards | - |
| plantar | 9 | relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot | plantar warts can be very painful |
| plaases | 9 | - | - |
| placcat | 13 | - | - |
| placers | 11 | - | - |
| placets | 11 | - | - |
| placita | 11 | - | - |
| placits | 11 | - | - |
| placket | 15 | a piece of cloth sewn under an opening | - |
| placoid | 12 | as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks | - |
| plafond | 13 | - | - |
| plagium | 12 | - | - |
| plagued | 11 | - | - |
| plaguer | 10 | - | - |
| plagues | 10 | - | - |
| plaguey | 13 | in a disagreeable manner | it's so plaguey cold! |
| plaices | 11 | - | - |
| plaided | 11 | - | - |
| plained | 10 | - | - |
| plainer | 9 | - | - |
| plaints | 9 | - | - |
| plaited | 10 | - | - |
| plaiter | 9 | someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) | - |
| planate | 9 | having been flattened | - |
| planche | 14 | - | - |
| planers | 9 | - | - |
| planets | 9 | - | - |
| planish | 12 | - | - |
| planked | 14 | - | - |
| plantae | 9 | (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - |
| plantain | 10 | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | - |
| 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 | - |
| playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - |
| plaguing | 12 | - | - |
| plateful | 13 | the quantity contained in a plate | - |
| planchet | 15 | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| placable | 14 | easily calmed or pacified | - |
| placably | 17 | - | - |
| placards | 13 | - | - |
| placated | 13 | - | - |
| placater | 12 | - | - |
| placates | 12 | - | - |
| placcate | 14 | - | - |
| placcats | 14 | - | - |
| placebos | 14 | - | - |
| placeman | 14 | a disparaging term for an appointee | - |
| placemat | 14 | - | - |
| placemen | 14 | - | - |
| placider | 13 | - | - |
| placings | 13 | - | - |
| placitum | 14 | - | - |
| plackets | 16 | - | - |
| placoids | 13 | - | - |
| plafonds | 14 | - | - |
| plagiary | 14 | - | - |
| plagiums | 13 | - | - |
| plaguers | 11 | - | - |
| plaguier | 11 | - | - |
| plaguily | 14 | in a disagreeable manner | - |
| plaiding | 12 | - | - |
| plaidman | 13 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| plaintiff | 17 | a person who brings an action in a court of law | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| placating | 14 | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | placating (or placative) gestures |
| plasterer | 11 | a worker skilled in applying plaster | - |
| plainness | 11 | an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | - |
| platitude | 12 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| plainants | 11 | - | - |
| plainings | 12 | - | - |
| plainsman | 13 | an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) | - |
| plainsmen | 13 | - | - |
| plaintext | 18 | - | - |
| plaintful | 14 | - | - |
| plainwork | 18 | - | - |
| plaisters | 11 | - | - |
| plaitings | 12 | - | - |
| planarian | 11 | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | - |
| planarias | 11 | - | - |
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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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| plasticine | 14 | a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools) | - |
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| planigraph | 18 | - | - |
| planimeter | 14 | a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure | - |
| planimetry | 17 | - | - |
| planishers | 15 | - | - |
| planishing | 16 | - | - |
| planktonic | 18 | of or relating to plankton | - |
| planlessly | 15 | - | - |
| planoblast | 14 | - | - |
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