Is PLY a Scrabble word?
Yes. PLY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A layer of material.
Noun 4 meanings
A layer of material.
“two-ply toilet paper”
A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
“He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.”
A condition, a state.
Verb 4 meanings
To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
To work at (something) diligently.
“He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.”
To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
“He plied his ax with bloody results.”
To press upon; to urge persistently.
“to ply someone with questions or solicitations”
Etymology
From Middle English pleit, plit, plite (“a fold, pleat, wrinkle; braid, strand in a braided cord, ply”), from Anglo-Norman pli, plei, pleit, and Middle French pli, ploy, ply (“a fold, pleat; joint in armour; situation, state”) (modern French pli (“a fold, pleat”)), from plier, ployer (“to bend, fold”), from Latin plicāre (“to bend, fold, roll up”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”).
PLY at a glance
PLY has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + Y 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #23,363 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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