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Is plenty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plenty is a Scrabble US word. The word plenty is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3L1E1N1T1Y4

Is plenty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plenty is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3L1E1N1T1Y4

Is plenty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word plenty is a Words With Friends word. The word plenty is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4L2E1N2T1Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

PENTYL,PLENTY,

4-letter words (12 found)

LENT,LEPT,LYNE,LYTE,PELT,PENT,PYET,PYNE,TYNE,TYPE,YELP,YELT,

3-letter words (19 found)

ELT,LEP,LET,LEY,LYE,NEP,NET,NYE,PEL,PEN,PET,PLY,PYE,TEL,TEN,TYE,YEN,YEP,YET,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,ET,NE,NY,PE,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from plenty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plenty

plenty

Etymology

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplɛnti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplɛnti/, [ˈplɛɾ̃i], [ˈplɛni]
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [ˈplɪɾ̃i], [ˈplɪni]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnti
  • Homophone: Pliny (pin-pen merger, silent 't')

Noun

plenty (countable and uncountable, plural plenties)

  1. A more-than-adequate amount.
    We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.

Usage notes

While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun, or as both a noun and a pronoun.

Synonyms

  • abundance
  • profusion

Derived terms

Translations

Pronoun

plenty

  1. More than enough.
    I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.

Usage notes

See the notes about the noun.

Adverb

plenty (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) More than sufficiently.
    This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
    She was plenty mad at him.

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: plenty
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: plenty

Translations

Determiner

plenty

  1. (nonstandard) much, enough
    There'll be plenty time later for that
  2. (nonstandard) many
    Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.

Adjective

plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty)

  1. (obsolete) plentiful

Translations

Related terms

  • plenitude
  • plentitude

References

Anagrams

  • pentyl

Source: wiktionary.org