Definition of plaintively

"plaintively" in the adverb sense

1. plaintively

in a plaintive manner

"the last note of the song rang out plaintively"

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plaintively in Scrabble®

The word plaintively 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 plaintively:

PLAINTIVELY

(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

aplenty, ilvaite, ineptly, naively, naivety, penalty, pentail, pintail, plainly, playlet, ptyalin, tailpin, villain, vitally, vitelli

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plaintively in Words With Friends™

The word plaintively 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: 23

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

PLAINTIVELY

(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

aplenty, ilvaite, ineptly, naively, naivety, penalty, pentail, pintail, plainly, playlet, ptyalin, tailpin, villain, vitally, vitelli

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PLAINTIVELY

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Words within the letters of plaintively

2 letter words in plaintively (15 words)

ai an at ay el en in it la pa pe pi ta ya ye

3 letter words in plaintively (60 words)

ail ale all ant any ape apt ate aye eat ell eta ill ivy lap lay lea let lev lie lip lit lye nap nay net nil nip nit pal pan pat pay pea pen pet pie pin pit ply tan tap tav tea ten tie tin tip van vat vet via vie yap yea yen yep yet yin yip

4 letter words in plaintively (84 words)

5 letter words in plaintively (45 words)

6 letter words in plaintively (34 words)

7 letter words in plaintively (15 words)

aplenty ilvaite ineptly naively naivety penalty pentail pintail plainly playlet ptyalin tailpin villain vitally vitelli

8 letter words in plaintively (7 words)

natively penality pliantly veiltail venality villainy vinylate

9 letter words in plaintively (1 word)

plaintive

11 letter words in plaintively (1 word)

plaintively

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Words containing the sequence plaintively

Words that start with plaintively (1 word)

plaintively

Words with plaintively in them (1 word)

plaintively

Words that end with plaintively (1 word)

plaintively

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Word Growth involving plaintively

Shorter words in plaintively

ai lain plain plaintive

in lain plain plaintive

la lain plain plaintive

Longer words containing plaintively

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