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Is plea a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plea is a Scrabble US word. The word plea is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is plea a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plea is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is plea a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word plea is a Words With Friends word. The word plea is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (5 found)

LEAP,PALE,PEAL,PELA,PLEA,

3-letter words (9 found)

ALE,ALP,APE,LAP,LEA,LEP,PAL,PEA,PEL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 22 words from plea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of plea

plea lpea pela epla lepa elpa plae lpae pale aple lape alpe peal epal pael apel eapl aepl leap elap laep alep ealp aelp

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Definitions and meaning of plea

plea

Etymology

From Middle English ple, from Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc., Latin an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placere (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleito (“lawsuit, suit”). Doublet of placit. See also please, pleasure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pliː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

plea (plural pleas)

  1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
    a plea for mercy
    make a plea
  2. An excuse; an apology.
  3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
  4. (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
  5. (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
  6. (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
  7. (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
    • 1782, "An Act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court within the Commonwealth", quoted in The Constitutional History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Frank Washburn Grinnell, 1917, page 434
      they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.

Usage notes

In 19th-century U.K. law, that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant’s plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant’s formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him/her.

Synonyms

  • plaidoyer

Derived terms

Related terms

  • plead
  • pleasant
  • please
  • pleasurable
  • pleasure

Translations

Verb

plea (third-person singular simple present pleas, present participle pleaing, simple past and past participle pleaed)

  1. (chiefly England regional, Scotland) To plead; to argue. [from 15th c.]

Further reading

  • “plea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “plea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “plea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, peal, pela

Source: wiktionary.org