place

NOUNVERB /pleɪs/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH P

place is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3L1A1C3E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does place mean?

NOUN · 15 SENSES
2

Where you live at a particular time.

“your place or mine?”

SYNONYMS
3

A public square with room for pedestrians.

SYNONYMS
4

Proper or designated social situation.

“he overstepped his place”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
6

Any area set aside for a particular purpose.

“who owns this place?”

SYNONYMS
7

An item on a list or in a sequence.

“in the second place”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
8

The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.

“took his place”

NARROWER
9

A general vicinity.

“He comes from a place near Chicago”

10

An abstract mental location.

“he has a special place in my thoughts”

“a place in my heart”

11

Proper or appropriate position or location.

“a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen”

12

A point located with respect to surface features of some region.

“this is a nice place for a picnic”

BROADER
13

The passage that is being read.

“he lost his place on the page”

BROADER
14

The particular portion of space occupied by something.

“he put the lamp back in its place”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
15

A particular situation.

“If you were in my place what would you do?”

SYNONYMS
VERB · 15 SENSES
1

Identify the location or place of.

RELATED
3

Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal.

BROADER
4

Put into a certain place or abstract location.

RELATED
6

Assign a location to.

SYNONYMS
RELATED
8

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

9

Assign to (a job or a home).

10

Finish second or better in a horse or dog race.

“he bet $2 on number six to place”

BROADER
11

Place somebody in a particular situation or location.

“he was placed on probation”

12

Sing a note with the correct pitch.

BROADER
13

To arrange for.

“place a phone call”

“place a bet”

BROADER
15

Assign to a station.

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of place

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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