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— English words —

• ploy n. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• ploy n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
• ploy n. (Obsolete) Employment.
• ploy v. (Military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Norwegian bokmål
  • pløy v. Imperative of pløye.
• Sranan tongo
  • ploy v. To flex.
  • ploy v. To curve.

— English word, defined in French —

• ploy n. Ruse, manigance ; un acte calculé, employé en vue de tirer parti de la situation, de prendre l’avantage.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• ploy s. Táctica, estratagema, maniobra.

21 English words from 7 English definitions

column curve designated dialect Employment flex form frolic from Imperative line Military Obsolete scheme Scotland some Sport strategy subdivision tactic troops

4 English words from 2 foreign definitions

employé parti Ruse situation

14 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

acte avantage calculé de␣la en␣vue en␣vue␣de estratagema manigance maniobra prendre Táctica tirer tirer␣parti vue

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

ployé ploys ployed ploying ployment ployments

168 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

deploys employ'd employe employé employs imploys deployed deployee deployer employed employee employée employer employes employés imployed deployant deployees deployers deploying employees employées employers employest employeth employing imploying redeploys reemploys reëmploys re-employs undeploys unemploys coemployee deployable deployment disemploys employable employless employment imployment malemploys misemploys preemploys redeployed reemployed reëmployed re-employed undeployed unemployed +118 words

18 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

deploy employ imploy redeploy reemploy reëmploy re-employ undeploy unemploy disemploy malemploy misemploy outdeploy preemploy overemploy counterploy ratings␣ploy Trollope␣ploy

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

loy Loy PLO

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

poly -poly poly-

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

loopy Loopy loppy phylo- ployé ploys plyos poley Poley polly Polly poly(A) poly(C) poly(G) polyp polys poly(U) Poyle proly pyelo pyelo- pylon Pylos slopy

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

lop Lop loy Loy LPO lyo- LYP 'oly oyl -oyl PLO ply pol POL Pol. poy Pyo PYO pyo- yop YOP

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

cloy Eloy Floy play ploc plod -plon plop PLoP plot plov plow plox puoy

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

loy Loy PLO ply poy

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