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Is plier a Scrabble word?

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

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Is plier a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

PERIL,PILER,PLIER,

4-letter words (13 found)

LEIR,LERP,LIER,LIPE,LIRE,PERI,PIER,PILE,PIRL,PLIE,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,

3-letter words (13 found)

IRE,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,PEL,PER,PIE,PIR,PRE,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ER,LI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from plier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of plier

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Definitions and meaning of plier

plier

Etymology

ply +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

plier (plural pliers)

  1. One who plies.
  2. attributive form of pliers

Derived terms

  • plier wrenches

See also

  • pliers (plurale tantum)

Anagrams

  • peril, piler, prile

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plicāre. This produced Old French ploiier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pli.je/

Verb

plier

  1. (transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
  2. to fold up
  3. to bend
  4. to mess up; to do in; to damage
  5. (figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ployer

Further reading

  • “plier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • péril, piler, repli

Maltese

Etymology

From Italo-Romance (compare Italian piliere), from Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, derived from pila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɪːr/

Noun

plier m (plural plieri)

  1. pillar
    Synonym: kolonna

Middle French

Etymology

Modified from Old French pleier, ploiier under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.

Verb

plier

  1. to fold

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

  • French: plier

Source: wiktionary.org