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Plantain

p 3l 1a 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Common

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does plantain mean?

noun

  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

  2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

    Synonymsplantain treemusa paradisiaca

  3. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

Is PLANTAIN a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is PLANTAIN worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
p 3l 1a 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1

Words With Friends

14 pts
p 4l 2a 1n 2t 1a 1i 1n 2

Wordfeud

11 pts
p 4l 1a 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
p 3l 2a 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PLANTAIN

Anagrams 1

plainant

Hooks for PLANTAIN

Add one letter to the front or back of PLANTAIN to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

plantains

Words that end like PLANTAIN

Common words that share the ending -AIN, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

complainmaintaincaptaincertaincontainexplaindomainobtainremainretainagainfountainmountainrestrainbargainconstraincurtainrefrainsustainattainregainchaplainabstainchieftain
All words ending in -AIN

Plantain: quick answers

Is PLANTAIN a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PLANTAIN is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PLANTAIN worth?
PLANTAIN scores 10 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does plantain mean?
As a noun, plantain means “any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PLANTAIN?
You can make 126 shorter words from PLANTAIN, such as PLATINA, PATINA, PINATA, PINNAL. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of PLANTAIN?
PLANTAIN rearranges into PLAINANT.