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— English words —

• play␣up v. (Britain, idiomatic) To misbehave.
• play␣up v. (Transitive) To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
• play␣up v. (Intransitive) To play more vigorously.
• play␣up v. (Transitive, slang) To be unfaithful to a lover; to cheat; used with on.

23 English words from 4 English definitions

appear attempt Britain cheat highlight idiomatic important Intransitive likely lover make misbehave more obvious play showcase slang something Transitive unfaithful used vigorously with

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

play␣up␣to play␣upon␣words play␣up␣Old␣Gooseberry

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ayu Ayu ayup ay␣up lay Lay layup lay-up lay␣up Pla PLA play yup YUP

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

alp ALP puy puya PuYa

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Paul␣Pry plays␣up pup␣play unapply

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

apply appuy lappy lap␣up layup lay-up lay␣up luppa pal␣up Pauly pay␣up pulpy pupal uplay Uppal

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

clay␣up

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

layup lay-up lay␣up pay␣up

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

plays␣up

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