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Is plastic a Scrabble word?

Yes, plastic is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of plastic?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.Examples: "I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards."; "It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic."colloquialcountablemetonymicallyuncountable

2. (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.Examples: "Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic. Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic."; "Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic."countablefigurativelyslanguncountable

3. (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.Examples: "Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it."countableslang

4. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.archaiccountableuncountable

6. (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.Synonyms: Plastic Paddycountableslanguncountable

adj (English)

1. (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue.archaic

2. (dated) Creative, formative.Examples: "Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect"; "See plastic Nature working to this end."dated

3. (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.

4. (figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.Examples: "The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie"; "People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross."; "Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them plastic pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize..."Synonyms: ersatzderogatoryfiguratively

5. (figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.Examples: "He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all."; "Then go home and check yourself / You think we're singing 'bout someone else… / But you're plastic people / You gotta go"; "Plastic people with plastic minds / Are on their way to plastic homes"Synonyms: fake, insincereAntonyms: genuine, sincerefigurativelyinformal

6. (informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.Examples: "A superb — and apparently wild, not plastic — Baikal Teal was located at RSPB Greylake in Somerset[.]"informal

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "plastic"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "plastic"?

Scrabble
11 points
P3
L1
A1
S1
T1
I1
C3
Words With Friends
14 points
P4
L2
A1
S1
T1
I1
C4

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