plot
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Noun 4 meanings
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
A grave.
“He's buried in the family plot.”
A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
Verb 3 meanings
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
“They had plotted a robbery.”
To trace out (a graph or diagram).
“They plotted the number of edits per day.”
To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
“Every five minutes they plotted their position.”
Etymology
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”).
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PLOT at a glance
PLOT has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,531 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with plot
All rhymesOne letter away
- SLOT4
- PLOY9
- PLOW9
- CLOT6
- PLAT6
- BLOT6
- PLOP8
- PLOD7
- PHOT9
- POOT6
- PYOT9
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