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plays - noun

  • a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  • a theatrical performance of a drama
  • a preset plan of action in team sports
  • a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
  • a state in which action is feasible
  • utilization or exercise
  • an attempt to get something
  • activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
  • (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
  • the removal of constraints
  • a weak and tremulous light
  • verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
  • movement or space for movement
  • gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
  • (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
  • the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
  • the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

    • plays - thesaurus

    bid   caper   drama   frolic   fun   gambling   gambol   gaming   looseness   maneuver American English spelling   manoeuvre British English spelling Canadian spelling   romp   shimmer   sport   swordplay   turn  

    Scrabble score for plays

    p is 3 l is 1 a is 1 y is 4 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

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