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Is plait a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plait is a Scrabble US word. The word plait is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is plait a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plait is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

PLAIT,

4-letter words (11 found)

ALIT,LATI,LIPA,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PILA,PITA,PLAT,TAIL,TALI,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIL,AIT,ALP,ALT,APT,ITA,LAP,LAT,LIP,LIT,PAL,PAT,PIA,PIT,TAI,TAP,TIL,TIP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AI,AL,AT,IT,LA,LI,PA,PI,TA,TI,

You can make 40 words from plait according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of plait

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Definitions and meaning of plait

plait

Etymology

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pleɪt/, /plæt/
  • Homophones: plate, plat
  • Rhymes: -æt
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

  1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pleat

Translations

Further reading

  • Plait in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Verb

plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)

  1. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
  2. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Patil, Pilat, lapti

French

Pronunciation

Verb

plait

  1. post-1990 spelling of plaît (third-person singular present indicative of plaire)

Anagrams

  • pilât, pliât

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plait, plet.

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

  1. Alternative form of ple

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placitum (“decree”).

Noun

plait oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plait)

  1. agreement
  2. argument; dispute
  3. court (of law)
  4. plea; ask; demand

Related terms

  • plaidier

Descendants

  • French: plaid
  • → Middle English: plait
    • English: plea
    • Scots: plaid

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (plait)
  • plai on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Source: wiktionary.org