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PLODS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What PLODS Means

PLODS is a form of PLOD, which means:

  1. noun: the act of walking with a slow heavy gait“I could recognize his plod anywhere”
  2. verb: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud“Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PLODS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 L1 O1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PLODS

34 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing PLODS

PLODS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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