Plan
/plæn/
noun
- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
"The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available."
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
"He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control."
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
"Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors."
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A subscription to a service.
"a phone plan"
verb
- To design (a building, machine, etc.).
"The architect planned the building for the client."
- To create a plan for.
"They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month."
- To intend.
"He planned to go, but work intervened."
- To make a plan.
"They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies."
SYNONYMS
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Plan"
Plan is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Plan" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "plan" is a low-scoring word.