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Is playboy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word playboy is a Scrabble US word. The word playboy is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is playboy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word playboy is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is playboy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word playboy is a Words With Friends word. The word playboy is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLAYBOY,

6-letter words (1 found)

BYPLAY,

5-letter words (1 found)

BOYLA,

4-letter words (8 found)

ABLY,BLAY,BOLA,OPAL,PALY,PLAY,PLOY,POLY,

3-letter words (29 found)

ABO,ABY,ALB,ALP,APO,BAL,BAO,BAP,BAY,BOA,BOP,BOY,LAB,LAP,LAY,LOB,LOP,LOY,OBA,OPA,PAL,PAY,PLY,POA,POL,PYA,YAP,YAY,YOB,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AL,AY,BA,BO,BY,LA,LO,OB,OP,OY,PA,PO,YA,YO,

You can make 55 words from playboy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of playboy

playboy

Etymology

From play +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
  • Hyphenation: play‧boy

Noun

playboy (plural playboys)

  1. A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

Synonyms

  • hedonist

Coordinate terms

  • playgirl

Derived terms

  • playboyish
  • playboylike

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From English playboy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplei̯boi̯/, [ˈple̞i̯bo̞i̯]

Noun

playboy

  1. playboy

Declension

Further reading

  • “playboy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. post-1990 spelling of play-boy

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplɛj.bɔj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛjbɔj
  • Syllabification: play‧boy

Noun

playboy m pers

  1. playboy (hedonist who leads an easy life, including sexual indulgence)

Declension

Further reading

  • playboy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • playboy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • pleibói, pleiba

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔj

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. playboy (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
  2. (Brazil, slang) a rich person

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Noun

playboy m (plural playboy)

  1. playboy

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • play boy

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. playboy

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “playboy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org