Definitions For Handplay

Noun

HANDPLAY (uncountable) hand-to-hand, hand-to-hand combat. (card games) In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.

Etymology

Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from {{inh, en, ang, handplega, t=fighting}}, equivalent to {{af, en, hand, play}}. Compare swordplay.

Is Handplay a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
18

The word Handplay is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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