plain
Simple, unaltered.
Adjective 4 meanings
Simple, unaltered.
“He was dressed simply in plain black clothes.”
Obvious.
Open.
“Let me be plain with you: I don't like her.”
Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
“Throughout high school she worried that she had a rather plain face.”
Adverb 1 meaning
Simply.
“It was just plain stupid.”
Noun 2 meanings
An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
Etymology
From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, and Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“flat, even, level, plain”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plan.
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PLAIN at a glance
PLAIN has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,378 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with plain
All rhymesOne letter away
- SLAIN5
- PLAID8
- PLAIT7
- BLAIN7
- ELAIN5
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