Plaits

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of plait, referring to hairstyles or lengths of material formed by interweaving three or more strands in an overlapping pattern.

“She wore her hair in two neat plaits tied with red ribbons for the school photograph.”

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Synonyms

braidspigtailstressestwists

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

The silent L makes this tricky to spell, it rhymes with flats rather than plates despite the AI vowel pairing

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Scrabble

The silent L still occupies a tile, PLAITS uses common tiles and the TS ending extends neatly from the base PLAIT

Words Related to Plaits

Anagrams of Plaits

Words that use exactly the same letters as “plaits”.

pastil

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “plaits” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

plains plants

Words you can make from Plaits

Shorter words formed from the letters in “plaits”.

alisp alist lapis lapsi litas pails palis piast pitas plait plats sapit slait slipt spail spait spalt spial spilt splat split stail stipa tails

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “plaits”.

plastic spatial

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