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• PLAYS is a valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• PLAYS is a valid Words with Friends word worth 11 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• PLAYS is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, l, p, s, y.

Definitions

• play

  noun a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway

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• play

  noun a theatrical performance of a drama

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• play

  noun a preset plan of action in team sports
  the coach drew up the plays for her team

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• play

  noun a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

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• play

  noun a state in which action is feasible

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• play

  noun utilization or exercise

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• play

  noun an attempt to get something

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• play

  noun activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

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• play

  noun (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

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• play

  noun the removal of constraints

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• play

  noun a weak and tremulous light

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• play

  noun verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

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• play

  noun movement or space for movement

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• play

  noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

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• play

  noun (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

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• play

  noun the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

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• play

  noun the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

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• play

  verb participate in games or sport

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• play

  verb act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome

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• play

  verb play on an instrument

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• play

  verb play a role or part

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• play

  verb be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

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• play

  verb replay (as a melody)

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• play

  verb perform music on (a musical instrument)
  He plays the flute

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• play

  verb pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
  She plays deaf when the news are bad

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• play

  verb move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

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• play

  verb bet or wager (money)
  She plays the races

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• play

  verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

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• play

  verb pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity

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• play

  verb emit recorded sound

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• play

  verb perform on a certain location

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• play

  verb put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game

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• play

  verb engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

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• play

  verb behave in a certain way

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• play

  verb cause to emit recorded audio or video

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• play

  verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

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• play

  verb use to one's advantage
  She plays on her clients' emotions

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• play

  verb consider not very seriously
  She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania

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• play

  verb be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

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• play

  verb behave carelessly or indifferently

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• play

  verb cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space

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• play

  verb perform on a stage or theater

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• play

  verb be performed or presented for public viewing

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• play

  verb cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

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• play

  verb discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream

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• play

  verb make bets

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• play

  verb stake on the outcome of an issue

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• play

  verb shoot or hit in a particular manner

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• play

  verb use or move

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• play

  verb employ in a game or in a specific position

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• play

  verb contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
  Princeton plays Yale this weekend

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• play

  verb exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

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