Definition of placeholder

"placeholder" in the noun sense

1. proxy, placeholder, procurator

a person authorized to act for another

2. placeholder

a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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placeholder in Scrabble®

The word placeholder is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters placeholder:

PLACEHOLDER
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (43 words)

capered, caroled, cheaped, cheaper, chloral, cholera, chorale, cleared, cohered, collard, declare, deplore, epochal, healder, lapeled, leached, leacher, leopard, ocellar, oldlace, oracled, parched, paroled, pearled, perched, placode, pleader, poached, poacher, pollard, porched, precode, predeal, preload, proceed, reached, redpole, redpoll, relaced, repaced, replace, replead, roached

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word placeholder

PLACEHOLDER
(198)
PLACEHOLDER
(180)
PLACEHOLDER
(132)
PLACEHOLDER
(120)
PLACEHOLDER
(92)
PLACEHOLDER
(84)
PLACEHOLDER
(80)
PLACEHOLDER
(80)
PLACEHOLDER
(76)
PLACEHOLDER
(76)
PLACEHOLDER
(76)
PLACEHOLDER
(76)
PLACEHOLDER
(76)
PLACEHOLDER
(72)
PLACEHOLDER
(63)
PLACEHOLDER
(63)
PLACEHOLDER
(58)
PLACEHOLDER
(58)
PLACEHOLDER
(52)
PLACEHOLDER
(50)
PLACEHOLDER
(48)
PLACEHOLDER
(48)
PLACEHOLDER
(46)
PLACEHOLDER
(46)
PLACEHOLDER
(46)
PLACEHOLDER
(44)
PLACEHOLDER
(42)
PLACEHOLDER
(42)
PLACEHOLDER
(42)
PLACEHOLDER
(31)
PLACEHOLDER
(31)
PLACEHOLDER
(27)
PLACEHOLDER
(27)
PLACEHOLDER
(25)
PLACEHOLDER
(25)
PLACEHOLDER
(25)
PLACEHOLDER
(23)
PLACEHOLDER
(23)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In placeholder

PLACEHOLDER
(198)
PLACEHOLDER
(180)
PLACEHOLDER
(132)
PLACEHOLDER
(120)
PARCHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
POACHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
PERCHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHEAPED
(110 = 60 + 50)
PORCHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
PORCHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
PERCHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHEAPED
(107 = 57 + 50)
POACHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
PARCHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHEAPER
(106 = 56 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(106 = 56 + 50)
POACHER
(106 = 56 + 50)
POACHER
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHEAPER
(104 = 54 + 50)
POACHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHEAPED
(104 = 54 + 50)
POACHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PORCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PORCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PORCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
POACHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PARCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PARCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PARCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHEAPED
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
LEACHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
COHERED
(102 = 52 + 50)
REACHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
ROACHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
PARCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
COHERED
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(101 = 51 + 50)
LEACHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
REACHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
ROACHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHEAPED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHEAPER
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHEAPER
(101 = 51 + 50)
PERCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
LEACHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
ROACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PARCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PORCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
REPACED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PORCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
POACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PERCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
COHERED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PERCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PLACODE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PARCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PARCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
ROACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
POACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
POACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PERCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PORCHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PROCEED
(98 = 48 + 50)
REACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHEAPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHLORAL
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHEAPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHEAPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
REACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHORALE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHEAPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRECODE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHORALE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CAPERED
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHOLERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHOLERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHLORAL
(98 = 48 + 50)
LEACHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
LEACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
LEACHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PERCHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
POACHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
CHEAPED
(96 = 46 + 50)
PARCHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
PORCHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
PERCHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLACODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROCEED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CAPERED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPER
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPER
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLACODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLACODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPER
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPER
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(95 = 45 + 50)
CAPERED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPER
(95 = 45 + 50)
LEACHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PARCHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
REACHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROCEED
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROACHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHLORAL
(95 = 45 + 50)
COHERED
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHORALE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PORCHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPACED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRECODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRECODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROCEED
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRECODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEALDER
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHOLERA
(95 = 45 + 50)
LEACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPACED
(95 = 45 + 50)
LEACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEALDER
(94 = 44 + 50)
CHEAPER
(94 = 44 + 50)
POACHER
(94 = 44 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(94 = 44 + 50)
REPLACE
(94 = 44 + 50)
REACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
CAPERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECODE
(92 = 42 + 50)
ROACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROCEED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
POACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REPLACE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PLACODE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHEAPER
(92 = 42 + 50)
PERCHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REPLACE
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHEAPED
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
COHERED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PARCHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
REPACED
(92 = 42 + 50)
POACHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
ROACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
LEACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
ROACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
ROACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
LEACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
ROACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
LEACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PLACEHOLDER
(92)
LEACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
LEACHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
LEACHER
(90 = 40 + 50)
ORACLED
(90 = 40 + 50)
LEOPARD
(90 = 40 + 50)
RELACED
(90 = 40 + 50)
LAPELED
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHLORAL
(90 = 40 + 50)
PAROLED
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHORALE
(90 = 40 + 50)
REDPOLE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHOLERA
(90 = 40 + 50)
CAROLED
(90 = 40 + 50)
DECLARE
(90 = 40 + 50)
COLLARD
(90 = 40 + 50)
REPLEAD
(90 = 40 + 50)
PREDEAL
(90 = 40 + 50)
REDPOLL
(90 = 40 + 50)
CLEARED
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHEAPED
(90 = 40 + 50)
POLLARD
(90 = 40 + 50)
EPOCHAL
(90 = 40 + 50)
PEARLED
(90 = 40 + 50)

placeholder in Words With Friends™

The word placeholder is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters placeholder:

PLACEHOLDER
(324)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (43 words)

capered, caroled, cheaped, cheaper, chloral, cholera, chorale, cleared, cohered, collard, declare, deplore, epochal, healder, lapeled, leached, leacher, leopard, ocellar, oldlace, oracled, parched, paroled, pearled, perched, placode, pleader, poached, poacher, pollard, porched, precode, predeal, preload, proceed, reached, redpole, redpoll, relaced, repaced, replace, replead, roached

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word placeholder

PLACEHOLDER
(324)
PLACEHOLDER
(288)
PLACEHOLDER
(234)
PLACEHOLDER
(180)
PLACEHOLDER
(156)
PLACEHOLDER
(108)
PLACEHOLDER
(96)
PLACEHOLDER
(96)
PLACEHOLDER
(92)
PLACEHOLDER
(92)
PLACEHOLDER
(88)
PLACEHOLDER
(88)
PLACEHOLDER
(88)
PLACEHOLDER
(84)
PLACEHOLDER
(78)
PLACEHOLDER
(68)
PLACEHOLDER
(64)
PLACEHOLDER
(60)
PLACEHOLDER
(56)
PLACEHOLDER
(56)
PLACEHOLDER
(52)
PLACEHOLDER
(52)
PLACEHOLDER
(44)
PLACEHOLDER
(44)
PLACEHOLDER
(34)
PLACEHOLDER
(32)
PLACEHOLDER
(31)
PLACEHOLDER
(30)
PLACEHOLDER
(29)
PLACEHOLDER
(29)
PLACEHOLDER
(29)
PLACEHOLDER
(28)
PLACEHOLDER
(27)
PLACEHOLDER
(27)
PLACEHOLDER
(26)
PLACEHOLDER
(26)
PLACEHOLDER
(26)
PLACEHOLDER
(26)
PLACEHOLDER
(25)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In placeholder

PLACEHOLDER
(324)
PLACEHOLDER
(288)
PLACEHOLDER
(234)
PLACEHOLDER
(180)
PLACEHOLDER
(156)
EPOCHAL
(131 = 96 + 35)
CAPERED
(125 = 90 + 35)
CHEAPED
(119 = 84 + 35)
COHERED
(116 = 81 + 35)
PLACODE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PLACODE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PERCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
REPLACE
(113 = 78 + 35)
POACHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHEAPED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRECODE
(113 = 78 + 35)
POACHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
REPACED
(113 = 78 + 35)
POACHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
POACHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(113 = 78 + 35)
PARCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(113 = 78 + 35)
PARCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PARCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHLORAL
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PARCHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
POLLARD
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHEAPER
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
OLDLACE
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHEAPER
(110 = 75 + 35)
LAPELED
(110 = 75 + 35)
REDPOLL
(110 = 75 + 35)
PLACODE
(110 = 75 + 35)
COLLARD
(110 = 75 + 35)
PLACEHOLDER
(108)
DECLARE
(107 = 72 + 35)
OCELLAR
(107 = 72 + 35)
POACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
REPACED
(107 = 72 + 35)
POACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PROCEED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEPLORE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PROCEED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PROCEED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHEAPED
(107 = 72 + 35)
RELACED
(107 = 72 + 35)
LEACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRECODE
(107 = 72 + 35)
LEACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
LEACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PARCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRECODE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PARCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
REDPOLE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PERCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
REPLACE
(107 = 72 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHEAPED
(107 = 72 + 35)
POACHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PERCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
PARCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(107 = 72 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(107 = 72 + 35)
PERCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHOLERA
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHOLERA
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
ROACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHEAPER
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHORALE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ROACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
LEACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
LEACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PLACODE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ROACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
REDPOLL
(104 = 69 + 35)
REACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
REACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
PLACODE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHEAPER
(104 = 69 + 35)
REACHED
(104 = 69 + 35)
PLACODE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRELOAD
(101 = 66 + 35)
LEOPARD
(101 = 66 + 35)
PROCEED
(101 = 66 + 35)
REPLACE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ORACLED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PRECODE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CAPERED
(101 = 66 + 35)
LEOPARD
(101 = 66 + 35)
PRECODE
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREDEAL
(101 = 66 + 35)
ORACLED
(101 = 66 + 35)
LEACHED
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHEAPED
(101 = 66 + 35)
REDPOLE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHLORAL
(101 = 66 + 35)
REPLEAD
(101 = 66 + 35)
PROCEED
(101 = 66 + 35)
CAROLED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PEARLED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PROCEED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PRECODE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CLEARED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PAROLED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PLEADER
(101 = 66 + 35)
LEACHED
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHLORAL
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHEAPED
(99 = 64 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(99 = 64 + 35)
PERCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PARCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PORCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PERCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PARCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PERCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
CHEAPED
(99 = 64 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(99 = 64 + 35)
PARCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PORCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(99 = 64 + 35)
POACHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
POACHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
PORCHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
POACHED
(99 = 64 + 35)
CHEAPED
(99 = 64 + 35)
CHORALE
(98 = 63 + 35)
REACHED
(98 = 63 + 35)
OLDLACE
(98 = 63 + 35)
CHOLERA
(98 = 63 + 35)
CHEAPER
(98 = 63 + 35)
ROACHED
(98 = 63 + 35)
REDPOLL
(98 = 63 + 35)
COLLARD
(98 = 63 + 35)
REACHED
(98 = 63 + 35)
COHERED
(98 = 63 + 35)
LEACHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
POLLARD
(98 = 63 + 35)
OLDLACE
(98 = 63 + 35)
REDPOLL
(98 = 63 + 35)
LEACHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
LAPELED
(98 = 63 + 35)
LEACHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
ROACHED
(98 = 63 + 35)
CHORALE
(98 = 63 + 35)
PLACEHOLDER
(96)
PLACEHOLDER
(96)
PAROLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PEARLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PEARLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
OCELLAR
(95 = 60 + 35)
EPOCHAL
(95 = 60 + 35)
PLEADER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHLORAL
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PAROLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHLORAL
(95 = 60 + 35)
CLEARED
(95 = 60 + 35)
REDPOLE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ORACLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAROLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PERCHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHER
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PREDEAL
(95 = 60 + 35)
LEOPARD
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRELOAD
(95 = 60 + 35)
REPLACE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ORACLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PLACODE
(95 = 60 + 35)
LEACHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAPERED
(95 = 60 + 35)
REDPOLE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ORACLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARCHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PLACODE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAROLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PROCEED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PLACODE
(95 = 60 + 35)
LEOPARD
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHEAPED
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHEAPER
(95 = 60 + 35)

Words within the letters of placeholder

2 letter words in placeholder (14 words)

9 letter words in placeholder (1 word)

11 letter words in placeholder (1 word)

placeholder + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence placeholder

Words that start with placeholder (2 words)

Words with placeholder in them (1 word)

Words that end with placeholder (1 word)

Word Growth involving placeholder

Shorter words in placeholder

eh

old hold holder

old older holder

ace lace place

la lace place

Longer words containing placeholder

placeholders